saving books to disk template

[chris33]

Hi,

I’m wondering if in preferences/saving books to disk the default template can be different for different libraries ?


Also if I set the template to:
{series}-{series_index}-{title}-{author} for instance
and the series, series_index and author are empty for some entries, then my file name will look like:

- - title -

Is there a way to avoid hyphens without values before/after (conditional template)?

[theducks]

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...lder-structure

Those templates are for EXTERNAL devices and those that do not have a workable Save to Device driver.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by chris33

Also if I set the template to:
{series}-{series_index}-{title}-{author} for instance
and the series, series_index and author are empty for some entries, then my file name will look like:

- - title -

Is there a way to avoid hyphens without values before/after (conditional template)?

See the calibre template language documentation, in particular the Advanced Formatting section that describes how to include conditional text.

[chris33]

@theducks
I'm using a docker container for calibre server on my NAS and export files on a network share, then files are moved to the devices

@chaley

Originally Posted by chaley

See the calibre template language documentation, in particular the Advanced Formatting section that describes how to include conditional text.

Yes thank you.
It should look like this:

{series}{series_index:| - | - }{title} - {authors}

I tried with the template editor too but not able to do what I expect.
I would like to insert () around series/series_index like

(series - series_index) - title - authors

I tried:

{series}{series_index:(| - |) - }{title} - {authors}

The opening parenthesis will fail, the closing works.

[theducks]

Look at Save To Folder
This was made to more mimic a device that might not behave as needed over USB. This also uses the template language. All the Send to... store their configurations in the Config folder. Each 'device' will have a 'driver' file

Note: You need to 'eject' this device to get it disconnected (On Device column goes away)

[chaley]

Originally Posted by chris33

I tried:

{series}{series_index:(| - |) - }{title} - {authors}

The opening parenthesis will fail, the closing works.

put the opening parenthesis in the series segment, as it is to go before that value.

{series:|(| - }{series_index:||) - }{title} - {authors}

[chris33]

Originally Posted by chaley

put the opening parenthesis in the series segment, as it is to go before that value.

{series:|(| - }{series_index:||) - }{title} - {authors}

Perfect!