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MarjaE · 05-10-2025, 11:29 PM

I've encountered some file path issues. I'm not sure how to predict these and protect against them.

1. If I'm exporting books to certain devices, especially Android devices, these will truncate long file paths.

2. If I'm transferring my library to a Windows computer, it will refuse to import files with long file paths.

The best I can see is to *manually* go through the book list and pre-emptively truncate or abbreviate each long title, and each author list. Which makes it a pain to re-type these when it's time to cite these books. But if there's some way to identify books which *might* cause trouble, that would help.

05-10-2025, 11:29 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 937 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	How Can I Check for File Path Issues? I've encountered some file path issues. I'm not sure how to predict these and protect against them. 1. If I'm exporting books to certain devices, especially Android devices, these will truncate long file paths. 2. If I'm transferring my library to a Windows computer, it will refuse to import files with long file paths. The best I can see is to manually go through the book list and pre-emptively truncate or abbreviate each long title, and each author list. Which makes it a pain to re-type these when it's time to cite these books. But if there's some way to identify books which might cause trouble, that would help.