[njw7]

19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] Traceback (most recent call last):
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 169, in <module>
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] _run('main.py')
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 135, in _run
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] execfile(path, globals(), globals())
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 1930, in <module>
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] sys.exit(main())
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 1911, in main
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] return run_gui(opts, args, actions, listener, app)
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 1829, in run_gui
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] main = Main(listener, opts, actions)
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 129, in __init__
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] self.read_settings()
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 1633, in read_settings
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] self.initialize_database()
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 1629, in initialize_database
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] os.makedirs(self.library_path)
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] File "os.pyo", line 157, in makedirs
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] OSError
19/10/2009 17:52:21 [0x0-0x1c01c].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[305] : [Errno 17] File exists: '/Users/njw7/Library'
19/10/2009 17:52:22 calibre[305] calibre Error
19/10/2009 17:52:22 calibre[305] calibre Error
An unexpected error has occurred during execution of the main script

OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/Users/njw7/Library'

This is what I am getting on the terminal when 0.6.18 did not open. ANyone with any ideas? I keep my library of book files on an external drive. Wasn't an issue in Leopard but every build for SnowLeopard has given me much the same problem.

All help gratefully received. rgds, njw