Running calibre-server with auto add - Page 2

Hiryu · 12-05-2014, 12:06 AM

there's definitely a file in there. with the wildcard *, it gives me that error

once I remove the wildcard from the path, and re-run the script, it works, and the file gets added to the calibre, but then the whole book folder gets deleted.

eschwartz · 12-05-2014, 12:19 AM

<== Me is dunce.

I forgot to remove the quotes, quotes imply literals which is why the space is part of the filename. But since the wildcard is quoted, IT is a literal asterisk!!!

Properly, these things should be escaped (with a backslash "\") instead of quoted, and the wildcard will work.

Code:

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/console.app/Contents/MacOS/calibredb add --with-library=/Volumes/Ministack/Calibre\ Library --recurse /Users/IS/Dropbox/Reading\ Books/
rm -r /Users/IS/Dropbox/Reading\ Books/*

Hiryu · 12-05-2014, 02:09 AM

you are a godsend. thank you so much. seems to be working now. really appreciate it.

eschwartz · 12-05-2014, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiryu

you are a godsend. thank you so much. seems to be working now. really appreciate it.

Sure thing, any time.

Hiryu · 12-05-2014, 05:03 PM

Since I've been asking for your help already, mind if I ask you another question?

Is there any way with CLI (or some other tool that you know), where I can pre-populate/modify the creation date of the document to the added date in my dropbox folder?

Also, any way to append a tag, say "Bill" or "Research" to a custom column to the actual pdf file so that it already shows up when it gets dumped into calibre?

BTW, so far so good on the calibre-server. Thank you again!

eschwartz · 12-05-2014, 05:13 PM

Well, you can use a few parameters to "calibredb add", for instance

Code:

-T "tag1, tag2"

longform is

Code:

--tags="tag1, tag2"

but it will apply to all books. You can of course use more complex commands like "find" to find PDFs first, then pass them to calibredb add and delete the leftover file, while adding tags, then run another round of your current command -- that will allow you to choose which tags get applied to what type of files.

The most common thing done with tags on import is to tag them as just-added or some such, so you know which ones to work on.

Hiryu · 12-05-2014, 06:15 PM

ok -- food for thought. thanks!

12-05-2014, 12:19 AM	#17
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	<== Me is dunce. I forgot to remove the quotes, quotes imply literals which is why the space is part of the filename. But since the wildcard is quoted, IT is a literal asterisk!!! Properly, these things should be escaped (with a backslash "\") instead of quoted, and the wildcard will work. Code: /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/console.app/Contents/MacOS/calibredb add --with-library=/Volumes/Ministack/Calibre\ Library --recurse /Users/IS/Dropbox/Reading\ Books/ rm -r /Users/IS/Dropbox/Reading\ Books/* Last edited by eschwartz; 12-05-2014 at 12:22 AM.

12-05-2014, 05:13 PM	#21
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Well, you can use a few parameters to "calibredb add", for instance Code: -T "tag1, tag2" longform is Code: --tags="tag1, tag2" but it will apply to all books. You can of course use more complex commands like "find" to find PDFs first, then pass them to calibredb add and delete the leftover file, while adding tags, then run another round of your current command -- that will allow you to choose which tags get applied to what type of files. The most common thing done with tags on import is to tag them as just-added or some such, so you know which ones to work on. Last edited by eschwartz; 12-05-2014 at 06:16 PM.

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12-05-2014, 12:06 AM	#16
Hiryu Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: iOS	there's definitely a file in there. with the wildcard *, it gives me that error once I remove the wildcard from the path, and re-run the script, it works, and the file gets added to the calibre, but then the whole book folder gets deleted.

12-05-2014, 02:09 AM	#18
Hiryu Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: iOS	you are a godsend. thank you so much. seems to be working now. really appreciate it.

12-05-2014, 05:03 PM	#20
Hiryu Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: iOS	Since I've been asking for your help already, mind if I ask you another question? Is there any way with CLI (or some other tool that you know), where I can pre-populate/modify the creation date of the document to the added date in my dropbox folder? Also, any way to append a tag, say "Bill" or "Research" to a custom column to the actual pdf file so that it already shows up when it gets dumped into calibre? BTW, so far so good on the calibre-server. Thank you again!

12-05-2014, 06:15 PM	#22
Hiryu Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: iOS	ok -- food for thought. thanks!

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