Simple script to saves Series to disc

Mike.Gallagher.1 · 03-23-2016, 03:43 PM

Hi,
I have quite a large Calibre library, too large to backup to Google Drive.

I have created 20 Series which contain the really important books I'm working on now.

Is there an easy way to have a list of Series in a CSV or something and run a script which will copy only those books to disc? I can then easily use Google Drive to back them up to the cloud.

Any ideas?

Best regards,
Mike

eschwartz · 03-23-2016, 03:56 PM

You can easily do that using a search and the Save-to-disk toolbar icon, but calibre also has a full-featured command-line interface documented here: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gene...cli-index.html

Use `calibredb search` to obtain a list of ids for the books you want (assuming the list is not static).
And use `calibredb export --to-dir=/path/to/GDrive/saved/folder id1,id2,id3,...` to export them.

Or combine them together. In bash this would be simple:

Code:

calibredb export --to-dir=/path/to/GDrive/saved/folder $(calibredb search 'some search string')

but I don't know that Windows' cmd.exe has command substitution capabilities.

theducks · 03-23-2016, 06:01 PM

Select the series (Green + or ++ if hierarchical) in the Tag Browser
Select all in the list
Save to folder, where the folder is the Cloud folder

Note: Configure STF for the desired format, just like you would for a device

03-23-2016, 03:43 PM	#1
Mike.Gallagher.1 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: Calibre	Simple script to saves Series to disc Hi, I have quite a large Calibre library, too large to backup to Google Drive. I have created 20 Series which contain the really important books I'm working on now. Is there an easy way to have a list of Series in a CSV or something and run a script which will copy only those books to disc? I can then easily use Google Drive to back them up to the cloud. Any ideas? Best regards, Mike

03-23-2016, 03:56 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	You can easily do that using a search and the Save-to-disk toolbar icon, but calibre also has a full-featured command-line interface documented here: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gene...cli-index.html Use `calibredb search` to obtain a list of ids for the books you want (assuming the list is not static). And use `calibredb export --to-dir=/path/to/GDrive/saved/folder id1,id2,id3,...` to export them. Or combine them together. In bash this would be simple: Code: calibredb export --to-dir=/path/to/GDrive/saved/folder $(calibredb search 'some search string') but I don't know that Windows' cmd.exe has command substitution capabilities. Last edited by eschwartz; 03-23-2016 at 04:04 PM.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Select the series (Green + or ++ if hierarchical) in the Tag Browser Select all in the list Save to folder, where the folder is the Cloud folder Note: Configure STF for the desired format, just like you would for a device

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