Will Calibre Search My Whole HDD?

abrogard · 07-11-2020, 06:11 PM

Can I set calibre to search my whole HDD - or even my whole computer (6 drives) - for a specific type of book? Identified by extension like .pdf or whatever?

Or by filename with wildcard like, for instance science*.* ?

And when it imports books from the kindle for pc folder and brings that useless second file of the same name is there an easy way to have it delete all those?

ownedbycats · 07-11-2020, 06:31 PM

You can try Add > Add from directories and sub-directories, but it might have...unexpected results and I don't know if there's any way to tell it to import just one type of file.

On Windows 10, I use Everything to index my drives to track down any stray ePubs.

kovidgoyal · 07-11-2020, 10:54 PM

Just search your drive for files with that extension in windows eplorer and drag and drop the results into calibre book list.

abrogard · 07-11-2020, 11:16 PM

Thanks, guys, too easy. I"ve even got 'everything', too and use it all the time. I think I've gotten out of the habit of thinking for myself.

07-11-2020, 06:11 PM	#1
abrogard Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2017 Device: kindle	Will Calibre Search My Whole HDD? Can I set calibre to search my whole HDD - or even my whole computer (6 drives) - for a specific type of book? Identified by extension like .pdf or whatever? Or by filename with wildcard like, for instance science. ? And when it imports books from the kindle for pc folder and brings that useless second file of the same name is there an easy way to have it delete all those?

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07-11-2020, 06:31 PM	#2
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,973 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	You can try Add > Add from directories and sub-directories, but it might have...unexpected results and I don't know if there's any way to tell it to import just one type of file. On Windows 10, I use Everything to index my drives to track down any stray ePubs.

07-11-2020, 10:54 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Just search your drive for files with that extension in windows eplorer and drag and drop the results into calibre book list.

07-11-2020, 11:16 PM	#4
abrogard Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2017 Device: kindle	Thanks, guys, too easy. I"ve even got 'everything', too and use it all the time. I think I've gotten out of the habit of thinking for myself.

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