Before I post this as a bug, I wanted to check here to make sure it wasn't an error on my part.
My books are stored on a network share. I am using the Calibre GUI on my desktop without issue by saving the database on the desktop machine and setting the env var "CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH" pointing to the local database file.
I am attempting to do a similar thing with the content server. However, calibre-server is completely ignoring that environment variable.
Below are my attempts to make this work. Let me know if I am doing something wrong, or if it's a bug.
Code:
root@calibre:~# calibre-server --version
calibre-server (calibre 8.5)
root@calibre:~# calibredb add christmascarol.mobi --with-library /tmp/books
Added book ids: 1
root@calibre:~# calibre-server /tmp/books
works, as expected... but...
Code:
root@calibre:~# mv /tmp/books/metadata.db /tmp/
root@calibre:~# CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH="/tmp/metadata.db" calibre-server /tmp/books
There is no calibre library at: /tmp/books
root@calibre:~# export CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH="/tmp/metadata.db"
root@calibre:~# calibre-server /tmp/books
There is no calibre library at: /tmp/books
I also tried it with systemd, and it still didn't work.
Code:
[Unit]
Description=CalibreContentServer
[Service]
Type=simple
Environment="CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH=/tmp/metadata.db"
ExecStart=/usr/bin/calibre-server /tmp/books
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Is there something I am missing?
