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Old 05-12-2025, 05:01 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by jackm8 View Post
eh, nevermind
Calibre is a Hybrid database, thus the pieces need to be in lockstep ALWAYS.
By Hybrid I mean: the Metadata is in SQLlite, but the books are in the filesystem All relative to wher the DB is kept (AKA the Library folder). Calibre keeps the WHERE link in the DB. Tamper with the file name with the OS and the linkage gets broken.
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