command line not supported for portable calibre?

[tatagi]

I need to use calibre-debug.exe to run plugins in command line
but for some reason I can't get it to work properly in portable version.

Is there a straight or workaround solution?

and if possible, I want to run it from anywhere, without changing directory first set by using CD C:\Program Files\Calibre2 which is not the issue for installed version


os is Windows 10 64 bit.

[theducks]

"E:\Calibre Portable\Calibre\calibre-debug.exe" -g

change the drive letter to match your setup

[tatagi]

Originally Posted by theducks

"E:\Calibre Portable\Calibre\calibre-debug.exe" -g

change the drive letter to match your setup

thanks, calibre-debug now works in portable calibre

but still it's only after I change the directory to where calibre-debug.exe is

for example,

I should run cmd from start menu and type cd C:\Calibre Portable\Calibre

after that calibre-debug or any other built-in command line tools work normally.

I want to have this done without changing the directory. like C:\Users\Goto\Downloads\testfolder or any other folder.

[DNSB]

Are you seeing an error message when you try to execute calibre-debug from the command line that looks like:

'D:\Calibre' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

This is due to CMD not being happy with a space in a command string; To get around this, as in @theducks example, wrap the command in "s.

I.e.

do not use D:\Calibre Portable\Calibre\calibre-debug -g

do use "D:\Calibre Portable\Calibre\calibre-debug" -g

See How to Escape Spaces in File Paths on the Windows Command Line for a bit of help.

[capink]

I have not tried this myself, but I guess that is what the installed version is doing:

How to Add to Windows PATH Environment Variable

[tatagi]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Are you seeing an error message when you try to execute calibre-debug from the command line that looks like:

'D:\Calibre' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

This is due to CMD not being happy with a space in a command string; To get around this, as in @theducks example, wrap the command in "s.

I.e.

do not use D:\Calibre Portable\Calibre\calibre-debug -g

do use "D:\Calibre Portable\Calibre\calibre-debug" -g

See How to Escape Spaces in File Paths on the Windows Command Line for a bit of help.

Originally Posted by capink

I have not tried this myself, but I guess that is what the installed version is doing:

How to Add to Windows PATH Environment Variable

thank you for suggestion.

@DNSB yes. to be on a safer side, I always enclose the file path with quotes. btw what does -g switch do in your script?

@capink I think I'll give it a go, but in the settings dialog, which one should the path of portable calibre be in? User variables or System variables?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by tatagi

@DNSB yes. to be on a safer side, I always enclose the file path with quotes. btw what does -g switch do in your script?

It runs the calibre GUI.

Originally Posted by tatagi

@capink I think I'll give it a go, but in the settings dialog, which one should the path of portable calibre be in? User variables or System variables?

Under either though generally I prefer to use the system variable section since I have a couple of users setup (one for normal use, one for testing when I'm removing browser profiles, etc.).