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chaley · 02-03-2025, 09:58 AM

Here is a LibraryClosedPlugin that backs up the configuration folder to a zip file when calibre is closed. It ignores library change events and configuration change restarts. It is configured using Preferences / Plugins / Library closed / Backup Configuration Folder then Customize Plugin. The defaults are probably sufficient for most people.

I've tested it on my config that uses CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY. I haven't tried it without the ENV variable because everything I run uses it.

Thanks to @dunhill for the shutil.make_archive() pointer. Using it simplified things a lot.

I'll add this to the plugin index if there is sufficient interest.

Edit: See the first post for the newest version of the plugin.

02-03-2025, 09:58 AM	#13
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,471 Karma: 8025600 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Here is a LibraryClosedPlugin that backs up the configuration folder to a zip file when calibre is closed. It ignores library change events and configuration change restarts. It is configured using Preferences / Plugins / Library closed / Backup Configuration Folder then Customize Plugin. The defaults are probably sufficient for most people. I've tested it on my config that uses CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY. I haven't tried it without the ENV variable because everything I run uses it. Thanks to @dunhill for the shutil.make_archive() pointer. Using it simplified things a lot. I'll add this to the plugin index if there is sufficient interest. Edit: See the first post for the newest version of the plugin. Last edited by chaley; 02-04-2025 at 05:32 PM.