A dilemma at Operating System level (I know, I know)

[louwin]

I was looking at a Calibre Library folder with a file viewer (yes, I know I shouldn't be ) and I noticed 2 folders, A E Van Vogt and Alfred Elton van Vogt.

The first had lots of book folders and the second had just one "Vault of the beast" as a txt file. The first also had this same book as a pdf.

Under title search "Vault..." Calibre only had this ebook as a pdf.

Being the nitpicker that I am, I tried to find the txt version of the book in the library.

The Authors were obviously the same person so I looked under "Alfred", "Elton", "van" and "Vogt" and I couldn't find the txt version of the book in the library.

On it's own this isn't a big deal but I also have 5 or 6 books I cannot find because the names are beyond the 256 characters limit.

One of the books has a 468 character file name.

I am fairly certain this library has been maintained before in Calibre and it created these books (maybe under Linux????)

I was given this library so don't know how these books came into being.

Should I just delete these folders/directories and let Calibre fix itself?

I am curious where these books have gone or are indexed?

[itimpi]

The best thing will be to use the Library Maintenance->Check Library option to check consistency between the file system and the Calibre database. You can then use the resulting report to help you decide what to do (and there are options for auto-fixing many common errors).

[theducks]

Originally Posted by louwin

I was looking at a Calibre Library folder with a file viewer (yes, I know I shouldn't be ) and I noticed 2 folders, A E Van Vogt and Alfred Elton van Vogt.

The first had lots of book folders and the second had just one "Vault of the beast" as a txt file. The first also had this same book as a pdf.

Under title search "Vault..." Calibre only had this ebook as a pdf.

Being the nitpicker that I am, I tried to find the txt version of the book in the library.

The Authors were obviously the same person so I looked under "Alfred", "Elton", "van" and "Vogt" and I couldn't find the txt version of the book in the library.

On it's own this isn't a big deal but I also have 5 or 6 books I cannot find because the names are beyond the 256 characters limit.

One of the books has a 468 character file name.

I am fairly certain this library has been maintained before in Calibre and it created these books (maybe under Linux????)

I was given this library so don't know how these books came into being.

Should I just delete these folders/directories and let Calibre fix itself?

I am curious where these books have gone or are indexed?

Calibre Linux to Windows will open up a big drum (can is too small ) of worms.

'vault' vs 'Vault' vs having both at the same time (which windows will not detect).
I have been there via dual boot. My best suggestion: just don't

Going from Win to Linux introduces case problems if the book has been renamed (fixed case displayed)

I had though Kovid enforced file path limits just so this part of the issues did not happen

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by theducks

I had though Kovid enforced file path limits just so this part of the issues did not happen

I think the issue is that if you are given a backup of another persons calibre library, unless you take care to restore it to the shortest path possible, the file names / directory paths might get too long.

[louwin]

I will try and resque these books, delete them and add them back.

Strange that I can look at them and read them but can't access them through Calibre

[theducks]

Originally Posted by louwin

I will try and resque these books, delete them and add them back.

Strange that I can look at them and read them but can't access them through Calibre

Copy them (the known problem ones) OUT of the Calibre Library.
One Way would be to switch/create a new library: use existing Structure option
Then Select All (titles), Copy To Library (With Delete).

What is now left in the folders of the old Library you can Drag and Drop (via the Calibre Interface) Add to the NEW library

[louwin]

With all due respect, I'm talking about 95?? books with 57 bad ones.

It's a lot of work either way.

My desktop power supply has just died so I'm doing this all on a laptop

But thanks for your suggestion.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by louwin

With all due respect, I'm talking about 95?? books with 57 bad ones.

It's a lot of work either way.

My desktop power supply has just died so I'm doing this all on a laptop

But thanks for your suggestion.

The book records were complete? The Metadata should still be there in the OPF file. It might take 30 minutes.

[Dopedangel]

Use move library option once you do that all the remaining files in old calibre library folder will be the one broken or missing you can add these manually

[louwin]

Sorry Dopedangel

Tried to move the library but got this error. I think it is about one of the LONG file name files

So copying or moving the library doesn't seem to be an option....

Thank heavens it hadn't deleted any books yet

calibre, version 0.8.48
ERROR: Failed to move library: Failed to move library

Move library from E:\Calibre Portable\Adult Fiction Library to G:\Calibre Portable\Calibre Library\Adult Fiction Library
Python function terminated unexpectedly
[(u'E:\\Calibre Portable\\Adult Fiction Library\\nicholas trout\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.epub', u'G:\\Calibre Portable\\Calibre Library\\Adult Fiction Library\\Nicholas Trout\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.epub', "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'E:\\\\Calibre Portable\\\\Adult Fiction Library\\\\nicholas trout\\\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.epub'"), (u'E:\\Calibre Portable\\Adult Fiction Library\\nicholas trout\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.mobi', u'G:\\Calibre Portable\\Calibre Library\\Adult Fiction Library\\Nicholas Trout\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.mobi', "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'E:\\\\Calibre Portable\\\\Adult Fiction Library\\\\nicholas trout\\\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.mobi'")] (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 132, in main
File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 191, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\library\move.py", line 21, in move_library
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 3372, in move_library_to
File "shutil.py", line 205, in copytree
shutil.Error: [(u'E:\\Calibre Portable\\Adult Fiction Library\\nicholas trout\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.epub', u'G:\\Calibre Portable\\Calibre Library\\Adult Fiction Library\\Nicholas Trout\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.epub', "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'E:\\\\Calibre Portable\\\\Adult Fiction Library\\\\nicholas trout\\\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.epub'"), (u'E:\\Calibre Portable\\Adult Fiction Library\\nicholas trout\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.mobi', u'G:\\Calibre Portable\\Calibre Library\\Adult Fiction Library\\Nicholas Trout\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.mobi', "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'E:\\\\Calibre Portable\\\\Adult Fiction Library\\\\nicholas trout\\\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday (14381)\\\\Love Is the Best Medicine_ What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday - Nicholas Trout.mobi'")]