"Save as" Skip Existed Files

devcline · 06-09-2021, 06:52 AM

Hello , im using a "Save as" feature to export my books to a hard drive, but i have already a book in the folder that are the same as in my lib, how can i tell calibre to overwrite a books, but just skip already exited.

thanks

theducks · 06-09-2021, 07:20 AM

???
Skip means Don't Overwrite Existing.

I expect that it was assumed, that the selections were originally done with care and the user wanted to update the files to reflect changes.

capink · 06-09-2021, 09:09 AM

Instead of using save to disk, you are better served by using "Connect to folder" which allows you to sync your books to a folder as you do with devices. You can configure your folder device to setup a template and also specify the formats you want to sync.

06-09-2021, 06:52 AM	#1
devcline Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2021 Device: Android	"Save as" Skip Existed Files Hello , im using a "Save as" feature to export my books to a hard drive, but i have already a book in the folder that are the same as in my lib, how can i tell calibre to overwrite a books, but just skip already exited. thanks

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06-09-2021, 07:20 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,285 Karma: 62000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	??? Skip means Don't Overwrite Existing. I expect that it was assumed, that the selections were originally done with care and the user wanted to update the files to reflect changes.

06-09-2021, 09:09 AM	#3
capink Wizard Posts: 1,216 Karma: 1995558 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kindle	Instead of using save to disk, you are better served by using "Connect to folder" which allows you to sync your books to a folder as you do with devices. You can configure your folder device to setup a template and also specify the formats you want to sync.

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