[Old Thread] Is there a setting to change how Calibre names a file?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by paoletto

Make sense. i guess that upon metadata change one should re-save the file to disk (potentially deleting the previous one), which would imply having some sort of modification timestamp , and export timestamp together with the previous export filename/filepath.

I see that developers probably do not care about such feature, so okay

(as for the multi format, i consider multiple formats of a book really different books)

Different formats (EPUB,Mobi...) are the same book to Calibre

there exists a timestamp field that is not normally displayed 'last_modified', that gets updated anytime Calibre makes a change that affects that record (some are very minor)

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by paoletto

My question is: is there a way already to keep track of what books have been already saved to disk, so that one can incrementally save to disk the whole calibre library in order to have a backup, and have it in a custom-named way?

And my second question is: if not, is there an easy way to do it (e.g., by writing a plugin) without having to use a custom tag (like "non-exported", "exported") by hand?

You might find using the Connect to folder feature suitable for what you are trying to accomplish. This connects your library to a specific folder on your computer and treats the folder as a device. As with any device you can use a custom template for the folder. This feature is under Connect/Share.

[AndrewH]

Since the thread is already resurrected...

Originally Posted by adrenaline

I usually maintain my eBooks and Audiobooks by category and that's why I copy the ePub/PDF files from Calibre folders to other destinations. But, if there's an easy way to create categories on Calibre, I'd love to know.

Why not use tags in Calibre? Any book can have multiple tags, and the tags are only limited by your imagination. For example, I have a "Placeholder" tag for keeping track of books I don't have (say, a missing book in a series), a "Paper" tag for keeping track of my paper books, a "Wishlist" tag, as well as the usual suspects: fiction, non-fiction, cooking, poetry, etc.

[LadyKate]

Originally Posted by adrenaline

Hello

I've been using Calibre for a while and it's been phenomenal.

When I drag and drop PDF and ePub files to Calibre, this is how Calibre names the file :

"Book Title" - "Author"

For eg: Salty Snacks - Cynthia Nims.epub

under C:\Users\John\Documents\Calibre Library\Cynthia Nims\Salty Snacks (42)

I was wondering if there's a way that I could set Calibre to just use the Book Title to name the book. I organize books in different folders and I have to manually remove the Author name every time (to decrease the number of chars).

I prefer the file name to be just Salty Snacks.epub

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

To answer the original question, if you are using Calibre as your library management system and need to "rename" your pdf files in order to use them on another system the best way is to have your Calibre library as one separate entity and to use the "save to disk" option to save your epubs, or pdf's or whatever (choose the save a specific format option) to save to a temporary library to copy to the device you desire.

While there is an option to output to a device many like me prefer to save to an sd card for use on their devices.

You can format the name under preferences -> saving books to disk. If you just want the title you can indicate that and save the book that way.

For instance, I save my books that I want to take to my android using
{author_sort:sublist(0,3,&)}/{series}{series_index:0>5.2f| | - }{title} - {authors:sublist(0,3, & )}

This puts them in a folder with the author name and the book is named the series, series number and title followed by author.

Use {author_sort:sublist(0,3,&)}/{series}{series_index:0>5.2f| | - }{title} to save to a folder with the author name and the book named series, series number title. If there is no series it is just the title.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by paoletto

Make sense. i guess that upon metadata change one should re-save the file to disk (potentially deleting the previous one), which would imply having some sort of modification timestamp , and export timestamp together with the previous export filename/filepath.

I see that developers probably do not care about such feature, so okay

(as for the multi format, i consider multiple formats of a book really different books)

Simply make note of the timestamp when you last saved the books, and can then do a search for last_modified:>somedate

Save all books returned, make sure your template includes the {id} in case you have multiple author book combos also you can track changed authors.