Library folder via command line

johnmcd · 10-21-2021, 03:50 PM

Hi all,

Another command line question - is there any way to determine what folder Calibre is using for its library from the command line? I went through all of the command line utilities and I couldn't find anything.

Thanks!

John

theducks · 10-21-2021, 06:33 PM

You might search global.py.json (in the config folder)

Code:

 "library_path": "C:\\Users\\xxxx\\yyyy\\MainLib",

MainLib is mine

A number of CLI modules require --withlibrary

kovidgoyal · 10-21-2021, 06:55 PM

calibre can use multiple libraries. So there is no one folder. If you want to know the path to the current (aka last used) library, just use

calibredb list -f formats

which assuming the library is not empty will give you the paths to all the ebook files in the current library, from which it is trivial to get the path of the library folder itself.

johnmcd · 10-21-2021, 08:38 PM

Thank you both.

10-21-2021, 03:50 PM	#1
johnmcd Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2021 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Library folder via command line Hi all, Another command line question - is there any way to determine what folder Calibre is using for its library from the command line? I went through all of the command line utilities and I couldn't find anything. Thanks! John

10-21-2021, 06:33 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,778 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You might search global.py.json (in the config folder) Code: "library_path": "C:\\Users\\xxxx\\yyyy\\MainLib", MainLib is mine A number of CLI modules require --withlibrary

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10-21-2021, 06:55 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,842 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre can use multiple libraries. So there is no one folder. If you want to know the path to the current (aka last used) library, just use calibredb list -f formats which assuming the library is not empty will give you the paths to all the ebook files in the current library, from which it is trivial to get the path of the library folder itself.

10-21-2021, 08:38 PM	#4
johnmcd Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2021 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Thank you both.