Folder names question

JMikeD · 11-26-2012, 05:56 PM

I see that many folders in my Calibre library folder have the author names in two formats, such as:

Gaiman, Neil

and some have the form:

Gaiman_ Neil

Calibre seems to list and sort everything correctly regardless of which folder the books are in, so this is a question that has no practical application, but I'd just like to know why. This is in Mac OS X, don't know if it happens in Windows or Linux.

Mike

chaley · 11-26-2012, 07:09 PM

The two names happen because of a calibre bug fix many versions ago. At one point commas were turned into underscores. That was fixed.

The quality check plugin can fix these. Use Fix -> Check & rename book paths.

JMikeD · 11-27-2012, 01:35 PM

OK, thanks. I had that plugin installed, but never used it. Worked fine.

Of course, now I've noticed that many of the folders have underscores instead of periods in the authors initials, which this plugin doesn't seem to be able to fix. Oh, well. It's nice to clean some of it up.

11-26-2012, 05:56 PM	#1
JMikeD Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Various and sundry	Folder names question I see that many folders in my Calibre library folder have the author names in two formats, such as: Gaiman, Neil and some have the form: Gaiman_ Neil Calibre seems to list and sort everything correctly regardless of which folder the books are in, so this is a question that has no practical application, but I'd just like to know why. This is in Mac OS X, don't know if it happens in Windows or Linux. Mike

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11-26-2012, 07:09 PM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,354 Karma: 8012652 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	The two names happen because of a calibre bug fix many versions ago. At one point commas were turned into underscores. That was fixed. The quality check plugin can fix these. Use Fix -> Check & rename book paths.

11-27-2012, 01:35 PM	#3
JMikeD Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Various and sundry	OK, thanks. I had that plugin installed, but never used it. Worked fine. Of course, now I've noticed that many of the folders have underscores instead of periods in the authors initials, which this plugin doesn't seem to be able to fix. Oh, well. It's nice to clean some of it up.

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