Problems adding single books in individual folders to library

kirk8677 · 06-29-2020, 07:28 PM

Hello, I just tried to add to library with folders and sub folders "assuming each folder contains same book in different formats".

Unfortunately it completely fails - every book entry starts with a period, the names and titles are messed up, and the actual books don't seem to get imported at all! So far example, Calibre thinks it has a PDF and EPUB of the same book but both return errors when I open. Space on drive for each entry is 0.1mb - so nothing is importing.

I have used this feature before without issue - but now it doesn't work at all. Any ideas? A plug in problem?

kirk8677 · 06-29-2020, 07:46 PM

I've tried tinkering a little more and I'm really confused. I was thinking maybe special characters in a file name might be interfering, so I just want down to two simple books, each in their own folder - and it didn't work. Can't figure out the problem, as I said it used to work...

kirk8677 · 06-29-2020, 08:14 PM

I think I figure out the problem but I'm not sure *why* it's a problem.

I copied the directory which was giving me problems from an external hard drive directly connected to the Mac to the internal Mac hard drive. I did the add again and - voila - it worked fine.

I am the administrator and have full access to all drives. Also, I can add individual files just fine to Calire, but for some reason the sub folder add doesn't work unless I move the directory.

And even more confusing, I have done sub folder adds from this external drive in the past!

All makes little sense to me but maybe someone has an idea!

kirk8677 · 06-29-2020, 08:43 PM

One thing to note, the external drive is ExFAT format - I wonder if that has something to do with it.

BetterRed · 06-29-2020, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirk8677

One thing to note, the external drive is ExFAT format - I wonder if that has something to do with it.

Probably, just another Apple MacOS peculiarity, like sprinkling hidden .DSTOREs in zips

BR

kovidgoyal · 06-30-2020, 12:06 AM

If you run calibre in debug mode, you should get more information on what is going wrong. Open the preferences menu and choose restart in debug ode.

06-29-2020, 07:28 PM	#1
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	Problems adding single books in individual folders to library Hello, I just tried to add to library with folders and sub folders "assuming each folder contains same book in different formats". Unfortunately it completely fails - every book entry starts with a period, the names and titles are messed up, and the actual books don't seem to get imported at all! So far example, Calibre thinks it has a PDF and EPUB of the same book but both return errors when I open. Space on drive for each entry is 0.1mb - so nothing is importing. I have used this feature before without issue - but now it doesn't work at all. Any ideas? A plug in problem?

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06-29-2020, 07:46 PM	#2
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	I've tried tinkering a little more and I'm really confused. I was thinking maybe special characters in a file name might be interfering, so I just want down to two simple books, each in their own folder - and it didn't work. Can't figure out the problem, as I said it used to work...

06-29-2020, 08:14 PM	#3
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	I think I figure out the problem but I'm not sure why it's a problem. I copied the directory which was giving me problems from an external hard drive directly connected to the Mac to the internal Mac hard drive. I did the add again and - voila - it worked fine. I am the administrator and have full access to all drives. Also, I can add individual files just fine to Calire, but for some reason the sub folder add doesn't work unless I move the directory. And even more confusing, I have done sub folder adds from this external drive in the past! All makes little sense to me but maybe someone has an idea!

06-29-2020, 08:43 PM	#4
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	One thing to note, the external drive is ExFAT format - I wonder if that has something to do with it.

06-30-2020, 12:06 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you run calibre in debug mode, you should get more information on what is going wrong. Open the preferences menu and choose restart in debug ode.