deleted files no longer in trash but .caltrash

[lostinlodos]

Originally Posted by chaley

The trash folder doesn't keep the book's metadata. Restoring it from there won't do anything useful.

unless you are referring to something that is not saved within the book package itself, the trashcan absolutely does save all meta data. all you have to do is drag the book package from the trash back into calibre and all your meta data is there.
The same thing with windows.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by lostinlodos

unless you are referring to something that is not saved within the book package itself, the trashcan absolutely does save all meta data. all you have to do is drag the book package from the trash back into calibre and all your meta data is there.
The same thing with windows.

No, it doesn't, which is why the calibre trash system was built. The metadata in the book file (the "format") is usually wrong unless you have used the calibre command to update it. For example, changing tags, custom columns, the title, or the author(s) in calibre does not update the book. If you update the format (e.g. epub) before you delete it then all is good. My suspicion is you don't do that.

[BetterRed]

@chaley - I suspect @lostindos is thinking of the metadata.opf files.

BR

[lostinlodos]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@chaley - I suspect @lostindos is thinking of the metadata.opf files.

BR

Charley was right on m thinking. I use calibre to override some formatting choices so I convert, or reconvert, everything. So any changes are saved.

I didn’t think about the fact that they don’t auto update. My bad.