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davotibarna · 12-21-2009, 04:21 AM

I was aware of the calibredb list command, but then I have to parse its output. The whole workaround becomes lot more complex. Doable of course, but it'd be much easier if the add command could set metadata also.

Question 1:
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How to use the set_metadata command is not clear to me.
calibredb set_metadata [options] id /path/to/metadata.opf

I don't have .opf file a metadata.db file.
There should be a metadata value argument also, right? I don't know where to define the metadata value. Post me an example please.

Question 2:
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There is a setting in the preferences:
"Automatically send downloaded news to ebook reader"

... which works fine for the ebooks downloaded by the GUI, but not when I add an ebook via the CLI, even I set the metadata (via the GUI) to "News". Do you have a flag somewhere which indicates this is a news?

12-21-2009, 04:21 AM	#5
davotibarna Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Oslo, Norway Device: Nook	I was aware of the calibredb list command, but then I have to parse its output. The whole workaround becomes lot more complex. Doable of course, but it'd be much easier if the add command could set metadata also. Question 1: ----------- How to use the set_metadata command is not clear to me. calibredb set_metadata [options] id /path/to/metadata.opf I don't have .opf file a metadata.db file. There should be a metadata value argument also, right? I don't know where to define the metadata value. Post me an example please. Question 2: ----------- There is a setting in the preferences: "Automatically send downloaded news to ebook reader" ... which works fine for the ebooks downloaded by the GUI, but not when I add an ebook via the CLI, even I set the metadata (via the GUI) to "News". Do you have a flag somewhere which indicates this is a news?