Duplicate Orphaned Folders

nepentanova · 12-05-2022, 01:19 PM

Doing some spring cleaning on my laptop as I am running out of room and noticed my Calibre ebook library was larger than expected. Browsing through the folders, there are many duplicate folders within an authors folder. E.g. look like this:

Each folder has the ebook, a "metadata.opf" and a "cover.jpg"

However, Calibre has just book for 'Alan Gear':-

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How can I remove these duplicates as they are taking up quite a bit of room?
PS, I tried to 'move library' thinking that Calibre would only move the books in its library, but it seems to move all the contents of an author folder, not just the folders that contain books in its library.

nepentanova · 12-05-2022, 01:31 PM

PS, as a check I used the search
"id:=755"
That returns one book "Organic Vegetable and Fruit Growing Preserving Month by Month"
Searching for the other numbers in Calibre (14,15 and 33) return no books.

theducks · 12-05-2022, 01:36 PM

First of all they are not all Duplicates (technically). They have differing metadata (Title). The (#) part is a clue that Calibre knows these are not identical.

Find duplicates Plugin may help locate similar. You need to decide which to remove once identified.
BTW Be very cautious when peeking beneath the skirts. ANY change there breaks things.

nepentanova · 12-05-2022, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

First of all they are not all Duplicates (technically). They have differing metadata (Title). The (#) part is a clue that Calibre knows these are not identical.

Find duplicates Plugin may help locate similar. You need to decide which to remove once identified.
BTW Be very cautious when peeking beneath the skirts. ANY change there breaks things.

The issue is that only one of the folders is present in Calibre. I have checked this by searching for the id's.

theducks · 12-05-2022, 06:31 PM

Then run Library Maintenance (right click the Library Icon)

nepentanova · 12-06-2022, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Then run Library Maintenance (right click the Library Icon)

That didn't fix anything as the files were not in the Calibre database.

I ended up fixing it by copying the books to an empty library then deleting the old library.

12-05-2022, 01:19 PM	#1
nepentanova Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: iOS, kindle	Duplicate Orphaned Folders Doing some spring cleaning on my laptop as I am running out of room and noticed my Calibre ebook library was larger than expected. Browsing through the folders, there are many duplicate folders within an authors folder. E.g. look like this: Each folder has the ebook, a "metadata.opf" and a "cover.jpg" However, Calibre has just book for 'Alan Gear':- Moderator Notice Please use attachments for large images (see posting Guidelines: Link at bottom of most pages) How can I remove these duplicates as they are taking up quite a bit of room? PS, I tried to 'move library' thinking that Calibre would only move the books in its library, but it seems to move all the contents of an author folder, not just the folders that contain books in its library. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by theducks; 12-05-2022 at 01:30 PM. Reason: HUGE image violation

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12-05-2022, 01:31 PM	#2
nepentanova Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: iOS, kindle	PS, as a check I used the search "id:=755" That returns one book "Organic Vegetable and Fruit Growing Preserving Month by Month" Searching for the other numbers in Calibre (14,15 and 33) return no books.

12-05-2022, 01:36 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,057 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	First of all they are not all Duplicates (technically). They have differing metadata (Title). The (#) part is a clue that Calibre knows these are not identical. Find duplicates Plugin may help locate similar. You need to decide which to remove once identified. BTW Be very cautious when peeking beneath the skirts. ANY change there breaks things.

12-05-2022, 06:31 PM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,057 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Then run Library Maintenance (right click the Library Icon)

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