Glo HD How to make kobo only include the books located in Books folder?

[f_coco]

i don't want the pictures stored in sleep folder to be seen in the bookshelf.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by f_coco

i don't want the pictures stored in sleep folder to be seen in the bookshelf.

In the .kobo/kobo directory, edit the file Kobo eReader.conf. If you are using Windows, use a text editor that preserves the line ending such as Notepad++.

Under [FeatureSettings] put in the following,..

[FeatureSettings]
ExcludeSyncFolders=(\\.(?!kobo|adobe).+|([^.][^/]*/)+\\..+)

This will stop Nickel from scanning any directory that starts with a . such as .kobo and subdirectories.

[f_coco]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

In the .kobo/kobo directory, edit the file Kobo eReader.conf. If you are using Windows, use a text editor that preserves the line ending such as Notepad++.

Under [FeatureSettings] put in the following,..

[FeatureSettings]
ExcludeSyncFolders=(\\.(?!kobo|adobe).+|([^.][^/]*/)+\\..+)

This will stop Nickel from scanning any directory that starts with a . such as .kobo and subdirectories.

Thank you for the comments. I'm already using this setting. But it seems it can only prevent kobo for scanning the folders with dot.

I want the other folders in the root like sleep, pictures won't be scanned.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by f_coco

Thank you for the comments. I'm already using this setting. But it seems it can only prevent kobo for scanning the folders with dot.

I want the other folders in the root like sleep, pictures won't be scanned.

You could make it .sleep or edit the regex to include sleep.

Also, if this is supposed to be images for the screensaver, you create a directory called screensaver under the .kobo directory. No need for a sleep directory.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Also, if this is supposed to be images for the screensaver, you create a directory called screensaver under the .kobo directory. No need for a sleep directory.

However, if you turn off the screensaver mode by renaming the screensaver directory by renaming to screensaver_old or screensaver.old or other filename of your choice, that name is not automagically excluded.

For me I use the following NickelMenu command to toggle the screensaver on/off:

menu_item : main : Toggle screensaver    : cmd_output     : 500: quiet: test -e /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old
      chain_failure  : skip : 3
      chain_success  : cmd_spawn         : quiet: mv /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver
      chain_success  : dbg_toast         : Screensaver on
      chain_always   : skip              : -1
      chain_failure  : cmd_spawn         : quiet          : mv /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old
      chain_success  : dbg_toast         : Screensaver off

And in the /.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf file under the [FeatureSettings] header, I use the following exclusion settings:

[FeatureSettings]
ExcludeSyncFolders=(\\.(?!kobo|adobe).+|([^.][^/]*/)+\\..+)|(screensaver_old)

A directory named sleep in the root of the partition exposed over USB does not seem to do anything so unless you have been patching the Kobo code, there is no reason to have that directory.