Importing Books: Getting date from file attributes

ownedbycats · 11-08-2018, 08:25 PM

When adding a book by single directory, is there a way for Calibre to fetch the file's 'last modified' date and set that as the date/timestamp?

I've been looking at the documentation for calibredb, but I'm afraid command-line isn't really my strong suit.

Thanks again.

ilovejedd · 11-08-2018, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

When adding a book by single directory, is there a way for Calibre to fetch the file's 'last modified' date and set that as the date/timestamp?

I've been looking at the documentation for calibredb, but I'm afraid command-line isn't really my strong suit.

Thanks again.

I use calibredb add and thus far, I haven't found any way to use or even store the file's last modified date.

BetterRed · 11-08-2018, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

When adding a book by single directory, is there a way for Calibre to fetch the file's 'last modified' date and set that as the date/timestamp?

I've been looking at the documentation for calibredb, but I'm afraid command-line isn't really my strong suit.

Thanks again.

IIRC the GetFileName plugin can store the file modified date in a custom column, its a File Input plugin ==>> Plugin Index

BR

ownedbycats · 11-09-2018, 05:59 PM

I'll give that a try. Thank you!

11-08-2018, 08:25 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,775 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Importing Books: Getting date from file attributes When adding a book by single directory, is there a way for Calibre to fetch the file's 'last modified' date and set that as the date/timestamp? I've been looking at the documentation for calibredb, but I'm afraid command-line isn't really my strong suit. Thanks again.

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11-09-2018, 05:59 PM	#4
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,775 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I'll give that a try. Thank you!

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