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Originally Posted by pamthereader
Responding to this direction
Note: Jon refers to using the right-click item found on the
Library Icon: Library Maintenance : Restore database
At this moment, Calibre (w/ the message of corrupt database) will not open... is this command something WITHIN Calibre? And if so what else can I do for I am locked out apparently.
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Move or rename Metadata.db (as a backup) in the Library folder.
That should allow the menu
Or use the CLI
Code:
restore_database
calibredb restore_database [options]
Restore this database from the metadata stored in OPF files in each directory of the calibre library. This is useful if your metadata.db file has been corrupted.
WARNING: This command completely regenerates your database. You will lose all saved searches, user categories, plugboards, stored per-book conversion settings, and custom recipes. Restored metadata will only be as accurate as what is found in the OPF files.
Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: “/some path/with spaces”
--really-do-it, -r
Really do the recovery. The command will not run unless this option is specified.