Writing file names from tags

[anonymust]

Good day,

is there a way to write information extracted from the data of a book to the actual file name*?

As much as I love the management of my library with Calibre, I cant seem to figure this out.

For example, say the metadata of an ePub book has the following information:

<author><title><year_published><edition><ISBN>

Can I have Calibre change rename the actual file name say in the order bellow (which will be the file name):

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997 - 1st Edition) - [0747532699].epub

* I got this idea after using a program to edit my MP3 files called MP3Tag

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by anonymust

<author><title><year_published><edition><ISBN>

Can I have Calibre change rename the actual file name say in the order bellow (which will be the file name):

Yes - if you're referring to the files you send to your device
Yes - if you're referring to the files you save to disk
No - if you're referring to the files within the library

You use templates for the first two, there are some relevant sticky threads at the top of this sub forum, so have a look at them. Also read the Tutorial on Templates in the User Manual.

There's also a sticky at the top of this sub forum relating to the library folder and file names and why they cannot be changed.

BR