04-02-2024, 01:18 AM | #1 |
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Send to device path by tag or by custom column
Calibre has an option "Send specific format to" which defines a destination folder on the device depending on the file format. In addition to books, I keep music scores on my device, which I like to keep in a different folder from "Books". They are all PDFs, but they are not my only PDFs. Is there a way to tell Calibre to put them in a different folder based on a tag or on the content of a custom column?
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04-02-2024, 01:44 AM | #2 |
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Yes. See the template documentation: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html
Single-function template is pretty limited here though. Personally, what I do is have a custom GPM template in a composite (column built from other column) column, #kobopath, to generate the value I want.. Then I insert it into the save template: Code:
{#kobopath}/{title} - {author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)} For tags and tag-like columns, the list functions such as list_re() and list_split() are your friend here. As an example, this template will take the first available 'Fanfiction.Whatever' tag and turn it into 'Fanfiction\Whatever': Code:
program: list_split(list_re($tags, ',', '^Fanfiction.(.*)$', 'Fanfiction/\1'), ',', 'ff'); Last edited by ownedbycats; 04-02-2024 at 07:45 AM. |
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04-02-2024, 08:08 AM | #3 |
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Thanks for the tips.
After further reflection, I would be better served going the other way, since the files in question are mostly not yet tagged appropriately but already in the appropriate directory on the e-book. Is there any way in Calibre to read out the actual path where a file is stored on a connected device? Calibre has obviously figured it out internally or it wouldn’t know which files were on the device, but I didn’t see anything useful in the documentation. |
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