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Old 03-06-2024, 12:12 AM   #1
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metadata.db-journal - Dropbox message?
I had my Calibre books on Dropbox for a long time.

Recently I've started getting a message from Dropbox on Calibre start to
remove metadata.db-journal-xxxx from Dropbox account and all devices .
(the xxxx I think changes each time. )

Something changed, but I don't know what.
Should I do something, agree to remove, or just ignore?
thx,

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Old 03-06-2024, 12:20 AM   #2
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Don't keep your library in Dropbox. It will break at some point.

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...rked-drive-nas
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Old 03-06-2024, 12:38 AM   #3
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From your link:
If you must share the actual library, use a file syncing tool like DropBox or rsync instead of a networked drive.

So far (many years) worked fine.
And very useful.
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Old 03-06-2024, 01:40 AM   #4
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The live library must be local for safety. When calibre is not running, you can one way sync a copy to Dropbox or wherever else you want to keep a backup.

Otherwise, it's not a matter of if your library will get corrupted but when.

Perhaps we should start a live counter for the number of messages to the effect of I've kept my calibre library on a NAS/cloud storage/whatever for years and now it is having problems?
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Perhaps I don't understand something (frequently happens).

The Calibre lib is local, and also synced on Dropbox. No one else ever looks at the Dropbox version on another device - only me, and that only rarely when I want to download/read a book on my iPad.

I can see that every time I open Calibre it syncs a metadata.opf file for every book.

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Make sure the sync is only one way (mirror TO dropbox)
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The live library must be local for safety. When calibre is not running, you can one way sync a copy to Dropbox or wherever else you want to keep a backup.

Otherwise, it's not a matter of if your library will get corrupted but when.

Perhaps we should start a live counter for the number of messages to the effect of I've kept my calibre library on a NAS/cloud storage/whatever for years and now it is having problems?
The problem as I see it is the could sync software if rubbish. It does not provide a one-way sync. Otherwise, you'll need to have two copies of your library in order to sync to Dropbox.
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See ==>> I am getting errors with my calibre library on a networked drive/NAS?

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If you must share the actual library, use a file syncing tool like DropBox or rsync instead of a networked drive. If you are using a file-syncing tool it is essential that you make sure that both calibre and the file syncing tool do not try to access the calibre library at the same time. In other words, do not run the file syncing tool and calibre at the same time.
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