Zombie Book Entries

[britesc]

Hi,
I have a couple of book entries which appear to have no content but I cannot remove the entries. I get a dialog saying that there is nothing there.
Can anyone please advise me on how to delete these entries.
Thanks and kind regards,
jB

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by britesc

Hi,
I have a couple of book entries which appear to have no content but I cannot remove the entries. I get a dialog saying that there is nothing there.
Can anyone please advise me on how to delete these entries.

@britesc - please post a screen shot of the dialogue, if it's a calibre msg it probably it has a Copy to clipboard button, click it and post clipboard contents here.

And what operating system do you use?

BR

[britesc]

Hi,

Thanks for answering my post.

Clipboard Contents:

calibre, version 2.80.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>WindowsError</b>:[Error 267] The directory name is invalid: u'\\\\W2SEAB2A3\\Data-149\\Google Drive\\Calibre Library\\Microchip Technology Inc_\\MCP7940N Data Sheet (2315)\\*.*'

calibre 2.80 [64bit] embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-8-6.2.9200 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '8', '6.2.9200')
Python 2.7.9
Windows: ('8', '6.2.9200', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Library Codes (1, 0, 27) && Author Book Count (2, 1, 4) && iOS reader applications (1, 4, 7, 0, 0) && KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 81, 3) && Kindle Collections (1, 7, 17) && Extract ISBN (1, 4, 4)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\actions\delete.py", line 404, in delete_books
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\actions\delete.py", line 378, in do_library_delete
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\library\models.py", line 385, in delete_books_by_id
File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 62, in call_func_with_lock
File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 1596, in remove_books
File "site-packages\calibre\db\backend.py", line 1465, in windows_check_if_files_in_use
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\filenames.py", line 359, in __init__
WindowsError: [Error 267] The directory name is invalid: u'\\\\W2SEAB2A3\\Data-149\\Google Drive\\Calibre Library\\Microchip Technology Inc_\\MCP7940N Data Sheet (2315)\\*.*'

Thanks and kind regards,
jB

[PeterT]

Ugh... You are aware that storing a calibre library within Google Drive is highly problematic, buggy and risky?

[gbm]

Originally Posted by britesc

Hi,

Thanks for answering my post.

Clipboard Contents:

Spoiler:

Thanks and kind regards,
jB

I am getting errors with my calibre library on a networked drive/NAS?

Even with these tools there is danger of data corruption/loss, so only do this if you are willing to live with that risk. In particular, be aware that Google Drive is incompatible with calibre, if you put your calibre library in Google Drive, you will suffer data loss. See this thread for details.

bernie

[theducks]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Ugh... You are aware that storing a calibre library within Google Drive is highly problematic, buggy and risky?

You are being kind

It is a DISASTER waiting to happen (and it did for the OP )

OP: Your books are still there (G) but GD breaks the Calibre ID association

Bring that LIBRARY folder back (and detach it from GD). Other clouds do work for backup/shadow BUT always STOP/pause sync before launching Calibre

DO read the FAQ's at the Calibre download site to avoid issues in the future