Merge pull request #1522 from lkcv/patch-1

Add detection for Kobo directory location on Linux
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Version 4.1.0 February 2021
# Add detection for Kobo directory location on Linux
# Version 4.0.0 September 2020
# Python 3.0
#
@ -365,9 +368,33 @@ class KoboLibrary(object):
self.kobodir = os.path.join(self.kobodir, "Kobo", "Kobo Desktop Edition")
elif sys.platform.startswith('darwin'):
self.kobodir = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], "Library", "Application Support", "Kobo", "Kobo Desktop Edition")
#elif linux_path != None:
# Probably Linux, let's get the wine prefix and path to Kobo.
# self.kobodir = os.path.join(linux_path, "Local Settings", "Application Data", "Kobo", "Kobo Desktop Edition")
elif sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
#sets ~/.config/calibre as the location to store the kobodir location info file and creates this directory if necessary
kobodir_cache_dir = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], ".config", "calibre")
if not os.path.isdir(kobodir_cache_dir):
os.mkdir(kobodir_cache_dir)
#appends the name of the file we're storing the kobodir location info to the above path
kobodir_cache_file = str(kobodir_cache_dir) + "/" + "kobo location"
"""if the above file does not exist, recursively searches from the root
of the filesystem until kobodir is found and stores the location of kobodir
in that file so this loop can be skipped in the future"""
original_stdout = sys.stdout
if not os.path.isfile(kobodir_cache_file):
for root, dirs, files in os.walk('/'):
for file in files:
if file == 'Kobo.sqlite':
kobo_linux_path = str(root)
with open(kobodir_cache_file, 'w') as f:
sys.stdout = f
print(kobo_linux_path, end='')
sys.stdout = original_stdout
f = open(kobodir_cache_file, 'r' )
self.kobodir = f.read()
# desktop versions use Kobo.sqlite
kobodb = os.path.join(self.kobodir, "Kobo.sqlite")
# check for existence of file