Preserving Filenames

[over1]

Hi everyone,

The filenames of my e-books are in a particular format I like, that is {author_inverted} - {title} ({year}) or {author_inverted} - {series} - {title} ({year}) but calibre changes the filenames to {title} - {author}

How can I keep my filenames intact?

The closest I got with save to disk was {authors} - {title} ({pubdate}) but this isn't what I want.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by over1

Hi everyone,

The filenames of my e-books are in a particular format I like, that is {author_inverted} - {title} ({year}) or {author_inverted} - {series} - {title} ({year}) but calibre changes the filenames to {title} - {author}

How can I keep my filenames intact?

The closest I got with save to disk was {authors} - {title} ({pubdate}) but this isn't what I want.

Have you read the 2nd sticky in the Library Management section?

{author_sort} is the normal Inverted of {authors}
{series} is, well {series}

The Template language has advanced date manipulation capability http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html

[over1]

It's a shame there no option to keep filenames intact when adding books cause that's what I wanted.

Thanks. I'll check it out. I should manage.

[PeterT]

Take a look at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=119175

Basically, you should treat the filenames and locations where Calibre stores the ePubs as a black box that you don't look in.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by over1

The filenames of my e-books are in a particular format I like, that is {author_inverted} - {title} ({year}) or {author_inverted} - {series} - {title} ({year}) but calibre changes the filenames to {title} - {author}

How can I keep my filenames intact?

As theducks has pointed out in this sticky post the database keeps the files named for its use and can't be altered. However as you have already discovered you can export books via the Save to disk feature in any way you wish.

Originally Posted by over1

The closest I got with save to disk was {authors} - {title} ({pubdate}) but this isn't what I want.

Try the below code in your save template under Preferences - Saving Books to disk it should give you the format you requested.

{author_sort} - {series:||-}{series_index:re(^(\d)(\.|$),0\1\2)||-}{title} ({pubdate})

[over1]

Nice! Thanks for these! I'm starting to get the hang of this.

Cheers mates!