MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Copy Calibre settings from Windows to Linux

Adoby · 02-13-2018, 08:53 AM

If you intend to run Calibre using both Windows and Linux, and share books/libraries between the systems, you may encounter problems.

Windows and Linux handle upper/lower case file- and folder-names differently. What Linux consider as two different names Windows may consider as the same name and overwrite one copy.

"Folder name", "Folder Name".

This can cause very strange errors and orphan books. Sometimes these errors are not discovered for some time.

02-13-2018, 08:53 AM	#7
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,736 Karma: 26785668 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Thinkpad E595, Ubuntu Mate, Huawei Mediapad 5, Bouye Likebook Plus	If you intend to run Calibre using both Windows and Linux, and share books/libraries between the systems, you may encounter problems. Windows and Linux handle upper/lower case file- and folder-names differently. What Linux consider as two different names Windows may consider as the same name and overwrite one copy. "Folder name", "Folder Name". This can cause very strange errors and orphan books. Sometimes these errors are not discovered for some time.