Question about save template

ownedbycats · 03-15-2021, 04:27 PM

Currently my save template is
{#kobopath}/{author_sort}/{title} - {authors}

#kobopath is a composite column. If I modify the template to output a result with a forward-slash, will that create new sub-folders?

DNSB · 03-15-2021, 04:35 PM

Yes. Plus a few random characters to make the message long enough.

ownedbycats · 03-15-2021, 04:36 PM

thank you!

davidfor · 03-15-2021, 11:11 PM

It should work as is. Somewhere in the code path for sending a book it will normalize the path for the OS being used. This will change forward or back slashes to whatever is used as the directory separator. And if you use back slashes, you will probably need to escape them.

DNSB · 03-15-2021, 11:37 PM

One other item to be aware of when using a possibly variable length item in the path, is that you can end up with the path/filename being too long and calibre will start truncating.

03-15-2021, 04:27 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,952 Karma: 74999999 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Question about save template Currently my save template is {#kobopath}/{author_sort}/{title} - {authors} #kobopath is a composite column. If I modify the template to output a result with a forward-slash, will that create new sub-folders? Last edited by ownedbycats; 03-15-2021 at 04:29 PM.

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03-15-2021, 04:35 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,098 Karma: 168961902 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Yes. Plus a few random characters to make the message long enough.

03-15-2021, 04:36 PM	#3
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,952 Karma: 74999999 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	thank you!

03-15-2021, 11:11 PM	#4
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	It should work as is. Somewhere in the code path for sending a book it will normalize the path for the OS being used. This will change forward or back slashes to whatever is used as the directory separator. And if you use back slashes, you will probably need to escape them.

03-15-2021, 11:37 PM	#5
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,098 Karma: 168961902 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	One other item to be aware of when using a possibly variable length item in the path, is that you can end up with the path/filename being too long and calibre will start truncating.

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