'Watched folder' in Calibre

simple · 11-29-2010, 01:34 PM

Hi all - sorry if this has been covered before, but I can't find anything about it!

I'd love to have a specific folder on my PC where I could save web pages, PDFs etc and have Calibre automatically import them on startup or at regular intervals.

Is this something I can do?? If so, pointers would be very handy!

Thanks
J

Starson17 · 11-29-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by simple

Hi all - sorry if this has been covered before, but I can't find anything about it!

I'd love to have a specific folder on my PC where I could save web pages, PDFs etc and have Calibre automatically import them on startup or at regular intervals.

Is this something I can do?? If so, pointers would be very handy!

It has been covered before. It's difficult with the three different OSs that Calibre supports, so it's not on the ToDo list. You can do it yourself with a batch file/script and the Calibre command line tools. I don't recall any samples being posted, but you can search, and I do recall some posts on using the CL tools to automatically do new importing that would give you some tips on the adding books stage.

simple · 11-29-2010, 07:33 PM

Thanks!

Batch file sounds fine - I just want to be able to save/print all of my 'to-put-on-reader' files to a single folder, run a batch file manually or on a schedule, and have the files imported into Calibre.

I can't find anything much to guide me, though, so if anyone has a better command of the search tool, or can suggest where I might find the posts, I'd be grateful

kovidgoyal · 11-29-2010, 08:06 PM

If you are willing to run it manually, why dont you just click the arrow next to add books and select add books from folder one book per file

simple · 11-29-2010, 11:13 PM

Hi Kovid - thanks for a great piece of software...

Clicking a button to run a batch file to process lots of files in the background would be much less hassle. Yes, clicking the buttons or dragging the files every once in a while would work too, but I was just hoping to set up something that would be less of an interruption to do

11-29-2010, 01:34 PM	#1
simple Member Posts: 14 Karma: 46 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: PRS650	'Watched folder' in Calibre Hi all - sorry if this has been covered before, but I can't find anything about it! I'd love to have a specific folder on my PC where I could save web pages, PDFs etc and have Calibre automatically import them on startup or at regular intervals. Is this something I can do?? If so, pointers would be very handy! Thanks J

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11-29-2010, 07:33 PM	#3
simple Member Posts: 14 Karma: 46 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: PRS650	Thanks! Batch file sounds fine - I just want to be able to save/print all of my 'to-put-on-reader' files to a single folder, run a batch file manually or on a schedule, and have the files imported into Calibre. I can't find anything much to guide me, though, so if anyone has a better command of the search tool, or can suggest where I might find the posts, I'd be grateful

11-29-2010, 08:06 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,159 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you are willing to run it manually, why dont you just click the arrow next to add books and select add books from folder one book per file

11-29-2010, 11:13 PM	#5
simple Member Posts: 14 Karma: 46 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: PRS650	Hi Kovid - thanks for a great piece of software... Clicking a button to run a batch file to process lots of files in the background would be much less hassle. Yes, clicking the buttons or dragging the files every once in a while would work too, but I was just hoping to set up something that would be less of an interruption to do

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