From 6f532ffdd92e46cd49b8e0dedeea80229d50aac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Armstrong <32995055+jmarmstrong1207@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 19:55:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Automatically import new books (Linux) (markdown) --- Automatically-import-new-books-(Linux).md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Automatically-import-new-books-(Linux).md b/Automatically-import-new-books-(Linux).md index 66889ba..f68a662 100644 --- a/Automatically-import-new-books-(Linux).md +++ b/Automatically-import-new-books-(Linux).md @@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ When books are imported into the Calibre's database, an additional copy of the b 4. Readarr misc library: `/data/media/documents` (If you download PDF files, or other non-standard eBooks, then I recommend you don't add them to your main library. As they don't normally have any associated metadata to tell the importer what book it's adding. And these books should still be imported manually) +## Warning +This script below will only detect and scan subfolders if you copy (ie `cp`) or download the folders into the folder being monitored. It can't detect folders moved (ie `mv`) into the monitored folder. Files moved in will be detected correctly though. + +See the top of this page for the Calibre-Web-Automated project for a full-fledged implementation + ## Create the import script This script can be placed anywhere your system can access it `nano /data/media/calibre/.scripts/calibre-scan.sh`.