Delete source-file after conversion?

theincredib13 · 04-04-2018, 08:17 AM

Hello,

I try to setup an personal ebook-server, but I haven't found a solution to my problem yet:

Calibre finds an epub-file in my upload-folder, imports it to it's library and converts it to azw3 automatically. So far, so good, but it keeps the epub-file, which I don't need, since both our Kindle PW can't handle it.

Is it possible to tell Calibre to delete the source-file, after it was converted?

I haven't found anything in the settings yet, and since the server - a thin-client - has no keyboard/mouse/monitor, cause our PW connect directly from their beta-browsers to the Calibre-server, it'd be difficult to manually delete them...

Thx for helping out!

Chris

kovidgoyal · 04-04-2018, 10:41 AM

Just let them be, you might need them someday and they dont affect anything, eboo files are tiny.

04-04-2018, 08:17 AM	#1
theincredib13 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2018 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2	Delete source-file after conversion? Hello, I try to setup an personal ebook-server, but I haven't found a solution to my problem yet: Calibre finds an epub-file in my upload-folder, imports it to it's library and converts it to azw3 automatically. So far, so good, but it keeps the epub-file, which I don't need, since both our Kindle PW can't handle it. Is it possible to tell Calibre to delete the source-file, after it was converted? I haven't found anything in the settings yet, and since the server - a thin-client - has no keyboard/mouse/monitor, cause our PW connect directly from their beta-browsers to the Calibre-server, it'd be difficult to manually delete them... Thx for helping out! Chris

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04-04-2018, 10:41 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Just let them be, you might need them someday and they dont affect anything, eboo files are tiny.

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