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Old 07-27-2022, 12:51 PM   #6
John Maverick
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
<brainstorming> A whole lot of command line steps, if it was possible

dir *.epub /S /T:W >foo.log (Dir /? for what the switches do)

Example of One EPUB book found (you search for each format desired)
Code:
 Directory of C:\Users\BigHD\Public2\MainLib\Odette C. Bell\Vira Episode One (17367)

06/21/20  06:21           252,997 Vira Episode One - Odette C. Bell.epub
               1 File(s)        252,997 bytes
Now you need to parse each record for the ID and date-time (see the green highlight

NEED I SAY BACK THINGS UP, This could go waaaay south if not done perfect

Then use https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen...tml#set-custom to insert the timestamp into a custom column
That seems like a possible, even if not easy, method.

Another thing I thought if I restore the library from the backup I have.

Is there a way to backup last_modified column to a external file or something? That way even when the last_modified is updated when I try to add the customs columns again I can import the values to one of the new custom columns.

And again a lot of thanks for the idea.
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