[sempiter]

I’m using a remote desktop app to access a machine running Calibre. I’d like to copy some books from Calibre into a folder. Were I at the machine, I’d select the books and drag a copy of them into the folder. However, it’s hard to do this using the remote desktop app on my phone.

I tried the command line ‘calibredb’ program (via ssh) using the export command. However, this was suspiciously slow. Acting on a hunch, I checked to see if the exported EPUBs were the same as the ones in the Calibre database. They weren’t, hence Calibre must have been altering them in some way and that’s definitely not what I want.

I also looked into the ‘save’ option within Calibre, but I’m not completely sure that it won’t change the files. There are some options relating to the option in the preferences that create doubts.

So could you perhaps suggest a foolproof and straightforward way of getting exact duplicates of EPUBs (and PDFs) out of Calibre? What I’m after is an approach that doesn’t require drag and drop, but may make use of menus, if necessary.

Thank you.