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kovidgoyal · 12-12-2021, 04:46 AM

file type plugins are run in worker processes so there is no way to store global state in RAM between them. You have to use the filesystem. And they can be run from the commadn line calibredb and calibre-server as well, so there is no concept of "calibre exiting".

12-12-2021, 04:46 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,433 Karma: 27757438 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	file type plugins are run in worker processes so there is no way to store global state in RAM between them. You have to use the filesystem. And they can be run from the commadn line calibredb and calibre-server as well, so there is no concept of "calibre exiting".