03-16-2017, 01:53 PM | #1 |
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Sigil Error Message: Book File Would Not Open in Sigil
I have been editing my book in Sigil for several months and until March 10 this year. Then, the 517-page book file would not open in Sigil. I get the message that says the following: “Cannot read file /Users/friedrichkustaa/Documents/Booker T Washington Book As Copy in Sigil-1.epub: file to open is a directory.
These types of error messages are not helpful because I don’t know what “file to open is a directory” means because there are no suggestions on how to solve the problem step by step to open the file as a directory as suggested in the error message. Also, I tried other programs such as Keka to open the book file, and this software is not opening the book file, and I get additional error messages that don’t mean anything to me. For example, in Keka I get the following error message: Creation of “Booker T Washington … pub.7z” failed. Error code 2 using "p7zip. Fatal error. When using Calibre, I am also unable to open the book file, and I get the following error message: Failed to add the file /Volumes/Booker T Washinton Book/Booker T Washington Book As Copy in Sigil-1 copy 2.epub to the book: /Volumes/Booker T Washinton Book/Booker T Washington Book As Copy in Sigil-1 copy 2. In Calibre I also get the following details on the error message: With error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/add.py", line 410, in add_formats File "site-packages/calibre/db/cache.py", line 1383, in add_format File "site-packages/calibre/startup.py", line 122, in local_open IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: u'/Volumes/Booker T Washinton Book/Booker T Washington Book As Copy in Sigil-1 copy 2.epub.' Is there anyone who can help and suggest a few step-by-step procedures that I can use to open my book file in Sigil or in any other software? F.K |
03-16-2017, 02:35 PM | #2 |
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That message says you are trying to open a (copy) FOLDER
Use the OS to search for where the book really is I would use the OS to search for: Washington, then resolve which is the good one. right-clock (the found file) open with: ebook-viewer (since you have Calibre) Once you find your last good edit, save it someplace safe |
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03-17-2017, 11:05 AM | #3 |
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Theducks, Thank you for your response to my post and your suggestion. I am using a MacBook Pro laptop, and where and how do I do an OS search?
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03-17-2017, 11:10 AM | #4 |
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Please stop using two different threads to try to get the exact same questions answered. Pick one thread in our support forum and stick with it.
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