@echo OFF REM Calibre-Portable.bat REM ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ REM REM Batch File to start a Calibre configuration on Windows REM giving explicit control of the location of: REM - Calibre Program Files REM - Calibre Library Files REM - Calibre Config Files REM - Calibre Metadata database REM - Calibre Source files REM - Calibre Temp Files REM By setting the paths correctly it can be used to run: REM - A "portable calibre" off a USB stick. REM - A network installation with local metadata database REM (for performance) and books stored on a network share REM - A local installation using customised settings REM REM If trying to run off a USB stick then the folder structure REM shown below is recommended (relative to the location of REM this batch file). This can structure can also be used REM when running of a local hard disk if you want to get the REM level of control this batch file provides. REM - Calibre2 Location of program files REM - CalibreConfig Location of Configuration files REM - CalibreLibrary Location of Books and metadata REM - CalibreSource Location of Calibre Source files (Optional) REM REM This batch file is designed so that if you create the recommended REM folder structure then it can be used 'as is' without modification. REM REM More information on the Environment Variables used by Calibre can REM be found at: REM http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/customize.html#environment-variables REM REM The documentation for this file in the Calibre manual can be found at: REM http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/portable.html REM REM CHANGE HISTORY REM ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ REM 22 Jan 2012 itimpi - Updated to keep it in line with the calibre-portable.sh REM file for Linux systems REM ------------------------------------- REM Set up Calibre Config folder REM REM This is where user specific settings REM are stored. REM ------------------------------------- IF EXIST CalibreConfig ( SET CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY=%cd%\CalibreConfig ECHO CONFIG FILES: %cd%\CalibreConfig ) REM -------------------------------------------------------------- REM Specify Location of ebooks REM REM Location where Book files are located REM Either set explicit path, or if running from a USB stick REM a relative path can be used to avoid need to know the REM drive letter of the USB stick. REM REM Comment out any of the following that are not to be used REM (although leaving them in does not really matter) REM -------------------------------------------------------------- IF EXIST U:\eBooks\CalibreLibrary ( SET CALIBRE_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY=U:\eBOOKS\CalibreLibrary ECHO LIBRARY FILES: U:\eBOOKS\CalibreLibrary ) IF EXIST CalibreLibrary ( SET CALIBRE_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY=%cd%\CalibreLibrary ECHO LIBRARY FILES: %cd%\CalibreLibrary ) REM -------------------------------------------------------------- REM Specify Location of metadata database (optional) REM REM Location where the metadata.db file is located. If not set REM the same location as Books files will be assumed. This. REM option is typically set to get better performance when the REM Library is on a (slow) network drive. Putting the metadata.db REM file locally then makes gives a big performance improvement. REM REM NOTE. If you use this option, then the ability to switch REM libraries within Calibre will be disabled. Therefore REM you do not want to set it if the metadata.db file REM is at the same location as the book files. REM REM Another point to watch is that plugins can cause problems REM as they often store absolute path information REM -------------------------------------------------------------- IF EXIST %cd%\CalibreMetadata\metadata.db ( IF NOT "%CALIBRE_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY%" == "%cd%\CalibreMetadata" ( SET CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH=%cd%\CalibreMetadata\metadata.db ECHO DATABASE: %cd%\CalibreMetadata\metadata.db ECHO ' ECHO ***CAUTION*** Library Switching will be disabled ECHO ' ) ) REM -------------------------------------------------------------- REM Specify Location of source (optional) REM REM It is easy to run Calibre from source REM Just set the environment variable to where the source is located REM When running from source the GUI will have a '*' after the version. REM number that is displayed at the bottom of the Calibre main screen. REM REM More information on setting up a development environment can REM be found at: REM http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html#develop REM -------------------------------------------------------------- IF EXIST CalibreSource\src ( SET CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM=%cd%\CalibreSource\src ECHO SOURCE FILES: %cd%\CalibreSource\src ) ELSE ( ECHO SOURCE FILES: *** Not being Used *** ) REM -------------------------------------------------------------- REM Specify Location of calibre Windows binaries (optional) REM REM To avoid needing Calibre to be set in the search path, ensure REM that Calibre Program Files is current directory when starting. REM The following test falls back to using search path . REM This folder can be populated by copying the Calibre2 folder from REM an existing installation or by installing direct to here. REM REM NOTE. Do not try and put both Windows and Linux binaries into REM same folder as this can cause problems. REM -------------------------------------------------------------- IF EXIST %cd%\Calibre2 ( CD %cd%\Calibre2 ECHO PROGRAM FILES: %cd% ) ELSE ( ECHO PROGRAM FILES: *** Use System search PATH *** ) REM -------------------------------------------------------------- REM Location of Calibre Temporary files (optional) REM REM Calibre creates a lot of temporary files while running REM In theory these are removed when Calibre finishes, but REM in practise files can be left behind (particularily if REM any errors occur). Using this option allows some REM explicit clean-up of these files. REM If not set Calibre uses the normal system TEMP location REM -------------------------------------------------------------- SET CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR=%TEMP%\CALIBRE_TEMP ECHO TEMPORARY FILES: %CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR% IF EXIST "%CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR%" RMDIR /s /q "%CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR%" MKDIR "%CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR%" REM set the following for any components that do REM not obey the CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR setting SET TMP=%CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR% SET TEMP=%CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR% REM -------------------------------------------------------------- REM Set the Interface language (optional) REM REM If not set Calibre uses the language set in Preferences REM -------------------------------------------------------------- SET CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_LANG=EN ECHO INTERFACE LANGUAGE: %CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_LANG% REM ---------------------------------------------------------- REM The following gives a chance to check the settings before REM starting Calibre. It can be commented out if not wanted. REM ---------------------------------------------------------- ECHO ' ECHO Press CTRL-C if you do not want to continue PAUSE REM -------------------------------------------------------- REM Start up the calibre program. REM REM The use of 'belownormal' priority helps keep the system REM responsive while Calibre is running. Within Calibre itself REM the backgound processes should be set to run with 'low' priority. REM Using the START command starts up Calibre in a separate process. REM If used without /WAIT option it launches Calibre and contines batch file. REM normally this would simply run off the end and close the Command window. REM Use with /WAIT to wait until Calibre completes to run a task on exit REM -------------------------------------------------------- ECHO "Starting up Calibre" ECHO OFF ECHO %cd% START /belownormal Calibre --with-library "%CALIBRE_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY%"