File Names

g0rg0n · 09-14-2014, 12:46 AM

I know you can't rename files in the directory structure, but can anyone tell me why several files have 2 back to back spaces? This is driving several other pieces of software a little crazy.

an example would be

Code:

"name of book  - author.epub"

BetterRed · 09-14-2014, 01:07 AM

@g0rg0n - Is there an extra space between book title and the book number in the book folder name eg

Code:

name of book  (123) rather than... 
name of book (123)

If so then it would suggest its some 'oddball' character in the title - maybe a BEL or an ENQ or something else less than 32. Try retyping in Title in Metadata Edit.

Otherwise - ???

Which Op System & File System are you using

BR

g0rg0n · 09-14-2014, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@g0rg0n - Is there an extra space between book title and the book number in the book folder name eg

Code:

name of book  (123) rather than... 
name of book (123)

If so then it would suggest its some 'oddball' character in the title - maybe a BEL or an ENQ or something else less than 32. Try retyping in Title in Metadata Edit.

Otherwise - ???

Which Op System & File System are you using

BR

Yes, the space in the folder name comes before the open parenthesis for the book number.

Some of them yes, have a weird character (#), and ill fix those.

This one baffles me though:

Code:

folder: Indiana Jones and the Dance of the  (2464)
File: Indiana Jones and the Dance of  - Rob MacGregor.epub
Book Title Metadata: Indiana Jones and the Dance of the Giants

(yah yah i know...its terribad lit at its best)

This is Windows 7 x64. Serving to an an Android KitKat phone.

kovidgoyal · 09-14-2014, 01:49 AM

The extra space is the interword space for the next word in the title, which was removed to shorten the filename, leaving an extra space behind.

BetterRed · 09-14-2014, 01:56 AM

irrelevant

g0rg0n · 09-14-2014, 02:28 AM

So is that something that I can fix by perhaps moving it closer to root directory? Or are the filenames themselves a fixed length?

kovidgoyal · 09-14-2014, 03:05 AM

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...07ac00a87eb013

09-14-2014, 12:46 AM	#1
g0rg0n Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Android	File Names I know you can't rename files in the directory structure, but can anyone tell me why several files have 2 back to back spaces? This is driving several other pieces of software a little crazy. an example would be Code: "name of book - author.epub"

09-14-2014, 01:07 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,018 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@g0rg0n - Is there an extra space between book title and the book number in the book folder name eg Code: name of book (123) rather than... name of book (123) If so then it would suggest its some 'oddball' character in the title - maybe a BEL or an ENQ or something else less than 32. Try retyping in Title in Metadata Edit. Otherwise - ??? Which Op System & File System are you using BR

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The extra space is the interword space for the next word in the title, which was removed to shorten the filename, leaving an extra space behind.

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g0rg0n Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Android	So is that something that I can fix by perhaps moving it closer to root directory? Or are the filenames themselves a fixed length?

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...07ac00a87eb013

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