Save to disk - multiple copies

Richadj4 · 04-03-2018, 10:33 PM

Hi all, I've been playing with the save to disk function and the templates, And I'm not entirely sure that what I want to do is possible.

I'm saving files in folders based on Author, but when a title has multiple authors, I want to save it multiple times. for example "we few - John Ringo & David Weber" I would like saved in a John Ringo Folder AND saved in a David Weber folder.

I've worked out how to extract just 1 author, but I have no idea how to save the same title twice. I think the answer may lie somewhere in the eval or template functions, but I can't find real world examples (and it's entirely possible calibre just doesn't have this functionality). Any assistance gratefully received.

theducks · 04-03-2018, 10:41 PM

Calibres Library structure (folder names) is Fixed (see the FAQ at the Help site)

If you use the Librarian (the main GUI) , you can select by any or All easily using the Tag Browser or simply type in the search.

If you are sending to a device (external folder), I don't think this is easily doable.

kovidgoyal · 04-03-2018, 11:27 PM

A single save to disk will only ever save a single copy of a book. You can run save to disk twice with different templates. Use the search

authors:#>1

to do then second save for only books with more than one author.

Richadj4 · 04-03-2018, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

A single save to disk will only ever save a single copy of a book.

This is what I was looking for, Thank you.

04-03-2018, 10:33 PM	#1
Richadj4 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2018 Device: none	Save to disk - multiple copies Hi all, I've been playing with the save to disk function and the templates, And I'm not entirely sure that what I want to do is possible. I'm saving files in folders based on Author, but when a title has multiple authors, I want to save it multiple times. for example "we few - John Ringo & David Weber" I would like saved in a John Ringo Folder AND saved in a David Weber folder. I've worked out how to extract just 1 author, but I have no idea how to save the same title twice. I think the answer may lie somewhere in the eval or template functions, but I can't find real world examples (and it's entirely possible calibre just doesn't have this functionality). Any assistance gratefully received.

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04-03-2018, 10:41 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Calibres Library structure (folder names) is Fixed (see the FAQ at the Help site) If you use the Librarian (the main GUI) , you can select by any or All easily using the Tag Browser or simply type in the search. If you are sending to a device (external folder), I don't think this is easily doable.

04-03-2018, 11:27 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	A single save to disk will only ever save a single copy of a book. You can run save to disk twice with different templates. Use the search authors:#>1 to do then second save for only books with more than one author.

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