How does calibre know which news need be sent to device automatically?

forceps · 03-17-2011, 12:46 AM

I am running ebook-convert from cron, after the news been fetched, it is tagged by ebook-meta and added to Calibre Library by calibredb. When I open the Calibre gui, the newly downloaded news is listed exactly like those fetched via click "download button" in schedule dialog, except the news added by cron does not send to a usb connected kindle automatically.

How does calibre know which news need to be sent to device automatically?

I know I can always click the big "send to device" button, but I am just too lazy

kovidgoyal · 03-17-2011, 12:59 AM

There's a list maintained separately.

forceps · 03-17-2011, 01:28 AM

how to add items to that list, via command line tools?

kovidgoyal · 03-17-2011, 01:45 AM

You can't

forceps · 03-17-2011, 02:14 AM

it is disappointing, but thanks for the quick reply.

forceps · 03-18-2011, 04:54 AM

well, since you already provided the parts

, all I need is some duct tape, so I come up with this python script which check the metadata.db for newly added book and mark it for sync, tested on Calibre 0.7.49/debian squeeze.

03-17-2011, 12:46 AM	#1
forceps Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 168 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wuhan, China Device: Kindle DXG	How does calibre know which news need be sent to device automatically? I am running ebook-convert from cron, after the news been fetched, it is tagged by ebook-meta and added to Calibre Library by calibredb. When I open the Calibre gui, the newly downloaded news is listed exactly like those fetched via click "download button" in schedule dialog, except the news added by cron does not send to a usb connected kindle automatically. How does calibre know which news need to be sent to device automatically? I know I can always click the big "send to device" button, but I am just too lazy

03-17-2011, 02:14 AM	#5
forceps Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 168 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wuhan, China Device: Kindle DXG	it is disappointing, but thanks for the quick reply. Last edited by forceps; 03-17-2011 at 02:25 AM.

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03-17-2011, 12:59 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There's a list maintained separately.

03-17-2011, 01:28 AM	#3
forceps Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 168 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wuhan, China Device: Kindle DXG	how to add items to that list, via command line tools?

03-17-2011, 01:45 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can't

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