backup function for the configuration folder? - Page 2

Quoth · 08-14-2023, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

If in doubt on your installation: (calibre does allow overrides, but then, you already know

)

Preferences: Miscellaneous: (Click) Open Calibre Configuration folder

I'd forgotten that. And indeed the configuration visible via that GUI is exactly as suggested for Linux

un_pogaz · 08-17-2023, 04:43 AM

My personal trick:

I use the CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY environnent variable to move the config folder inside the root of my multiple librarys.

Code:

E:/Calibre/
          /config/
          /Libray1/
          /Libray2/
          /Libray3/

This way, I only have one folder to target during my backup.

mbovenka · 08-17-2023, 05:05 AM

I use the portable version for much the same reason, with the added bonus that my backups are a self-contained Calibre environment that's ready to run everywhere I might need it to.

Comfy.n · 08-18-2023, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Hi,

The attached Calibre Config Backup script should work on Windows 10 versions later than Build 1803 (March 2018)!

I'm not a big fan of Windows Task Scheduler, but it probably may be added as a weekly task if you like.

I just came to realize that the date format was inverted in the original script I had uploaded (it had year-day-month, instead of year-month-day).

Hopefully it's now corrected. I use day-month-year, lol.

08-17-2023, 04:43 AM	#17
un_pogaz Chalut o/ Posts: 486 Karma: 678910 Join Date: Dec 2017 Device: Kobo	My personal trick: I use the CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY environnent variable to move the config folder inside the root of my multiple librarys. Code: E:/Calibre/ /config/ /Libray1/ /Libray2/ /Libray3/ This way, I only have one folder to target during my backup.

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mbovenka Wizard Posts: 2,086 Karma: 14079267 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Almere, The Netherlands Device: Kobo Sage	I use the portable version for much the same reason, with the added bonus that my backups are a self-contained Calibre environment that's ready to run everywhere I might need it to.

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