use calibre from read-only database?

[cmahr56]

Hi!
I would like one user to organize the calibre library and multiple other users to use calibre in a read-only fashion to prevent accidental change. the Calibre-directory would be exported to the other user read-only.
When I do so, when these users recive an error message:

calibre, version 4.23.0
Beschädigte Datenbank: Die Bibliotheksdatenbank (C:\Users\mahr\Nextcloud\Calibre-Bibliothek) scheint fehlerhaft zu sein. Möchten Sie, dass Calibre versucht diese automatisch wiederherzustellen? Die Wiederherstellung wird unter Umständen nicht erfolgreich sein. Wenn Sie Nein wählen, wird Calibre eine neue, leere Bibliothek anlegen.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 304, in initialize_db
File "site-packages\calibre\db\legacy.py", line 82, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\db\legacy.py", line 47, in create_backend
File "site-packages\calibre\db\backend.py", line 408, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\db\schema_upgrades.py", line 19, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\db\backend.py", line 874, in execute
File "c:\t\t\apsw-47cp24d7\src\cursor.c", line 236, in resetcursor
ReadOnlyError: ReadOnlyError: attempt to write a readonly database

So is there a mode in invoking Calibre when we can use the data base in read-only? Thanks! Christian

[chaley]

Originally Posted by cmahr56

So is there a mode in invoking Calibre when we can use the data base in read-only? Thanks! Christian

No, there isn't.

calibre spy might do what you want.

[cmahr56]

Thanks, I will try! :-)