How to achieve convert>email>delete' workflow?

[mcdev]

Hi all. I'm trying to achieve the following automation - any tips or suggestions? 3 & 4 are the 'broken' steps.

1. Add a file to Dropbox (as a shared folder that is watched by Calibre) - working
2. Convert to mobi - working
3. Remove orginal format - not working yet
4. Email using existing Calibre email setup - email works manually, would like to autosend on successful conversion

The goal is to save a book via my computer/tablet/phone/whatever, have my home Calibre computer see it, convert it, then email it to my Kindle.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[eschwartz]

Use the CLI.

ebook-convert on input format, followed by bog-standard rm operation, then calibre-smtp to email books.

You do not need to save in calibre, but you can with calibredb.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Use the CLI.

ebook-convert on input format, followed by bog-standard rm operation, then calibre-smtp to email books.

You do not need to save in calibre, but you can with calibredb.

but you may need to get something to replace the watch on the Dropbox folder that the calibre GUI provides via its Autoadd feature.

I don't think there's an anything in calibre's cli program set to do that. A search for something like "watch for file system changes on XXXXXX", where XXXXXX is your OS should find something suitable. Such things can typically detect an event (eg an epub was added to a folder) and run a user provided script.

BR

[mcdev]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

but you may need to get something to replace the watch on the Dropbox folder that the calibre GUI provides via its Autoadd feature.

I don't think there's an anything in calibre's cli program set to do that. A search for something like "watch for file system changes on XXXXXX", where XXXXXX is your OS should find something suitable. Such things can typically detect an event (eg an epub was added to a folder) and run a user provided script.

BR

I'm on a Mac, so i could use Automator - I'll post my results or scripts if I get things working. Thanks.

[signum]

On Linux, you just drop a line in /etc/crontab that, at whatever regular interval (minutes to hours to days) you specify, will invoke a script that will poll Dropbox.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by mcdev

I'm on a Mac, so i could use Automator - I'll post my results or scripts if I get things working. Thanks.

@mcdev - Ideal - IIRC Automator has a folder action feature you can use to detect the arrival of epub in the DropBox folder.

FYI ==>> calibre - Command Line Interface

BR