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Old 06-07-2010, 08:47 AM   #1
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Unhappy calibredb list --output-format=xml no longer supported

As in the title, calibre 0.7 seems to have dropped --output-format (which I use in http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/36-...-detector.html and some other scripts).

I can live without it, but I find it a bit troublesome that this change is neither mentioned, nor explained in changelog.

Was it done on purpose, or is it a mistake? Are there other changes in calibredb commands?
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Old 06-07-2010, 09:04 AM   #2
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From the GUI:
  • Click the down arrow to the right of 'Convert E-books', select 'Create catalog of books ...'.
  • Select XML as the Catalog format.
  • In the CSV/XML tab, select the fields you want written to the output file.

From the CLI:G
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Old 06-07-2010, 11:22 PM   #3
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From the GUI:
  • Click the down arrow to the right of 'Convert E-books', select 'Create catalog of books ...'.
  • Select XML as the Catalog format.
  • In the CSV/XML tab, select the fields you want written to the output file.

From the CLI:G
Being ignorant in this area, I'm curious. When you pointed to the CLI details in the user manual were you pointing to a new way to do what he wants to do?

Some day I may try to expand my knowledge in these areas so I am curious is calibredb catalog vice calibredb list the way to now output the list he is looking for?

Thanks in advance.
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Old 06-07-2010, 11:23 PM   #4
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calibredb catalog out.xml
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I switched my scripts from list to catalog, it works, thank you.

Still I think it would make sense to mention such a change in release notes. Sentence like "--output-format parameter of list command is no longer supported, use catalog command instead" would perfectly do and save some time and doubts.

PS Once more thank you for calibre, great tool :-)
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One small problem: in case catalog is given search params which no book satisfy, it fails (returns error exit code, prints error message). It makes scripting around this command somewhat troublesome (either I must ignore all calibredb errors, or fail in correct situations when simply nothing is found, or capture standard error and regexp it to detect this very case).

Is it a deliberate decision? What would be wrong in creating empty catalog?
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Mekk: Patch submitted to Kovid to output empty XML file instead of returning error. If he approves, will be included in next release.

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