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Originally Posted by SteveM49
I'd like to do a search on my computer for missing books. Is there a way I can copy the names of all the missing books so that I can paste them into a file?
Steve
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No formats found has a different meaning than Missing.
No formats found says you tried to do something and there may not be a compatible format available do to settings or restrictions
A Missing book is one that Calibre Thinks it has, but due to some outside event, was lost. Common is the USER using the OS to change stuff inside the Library folder. #2 is putting the Library on a Cloud/remote folder. Bad HW or Power can glitch things.
To find lost/mismatches: run Library Maintenance (pay attention to phase 2 results)
There is no SIMPLE way to look on your computer for 'those that are missing', because the computer has no idea what is not in the Library that should be.
Many of the extensions that we use are also valid in other places. PDF, HTML,TXT...
You could read up on the command DIR (Windows) or ls (linux) on how to do a recursive search
Windows: open a command prompt: type
help dir
Linux: in a console window:
man ls