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Create Comic Info

Create Comic Info

Parses the path of a comic and create a comicinfo.xml file inside the comic book archive.

If a comicinfo.xml is already found in the archive, this will be skipped.

File Format

Publisher\Series\Volume\Series - #[num] (of #[num]) - Title [tag1] [tag2].extension

Do not use - in the file name except to separate Series, Issue/Volume, Title. The Series name from the filename is ignored and the name in the path is used.

Volume

If the series name contains a year, that will be used for the volume, for example 1984 or if in place of #num in the filename there is Volume [Num] or v[Num] or Vol[Num] that will be used and called Volume [Num].

Examples

FilePublisherSeriesVolumeIssueTitle
/comics/DC/Batman (1939)/Batman - #1 - Batman vs. Joker [old] [great] [amazing].cbrDCBatman (1939)19391Batman vs. Joker
/comics/DC/He-Man and the Masters of the Universe/He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2013)/He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - #001 - Desperate Times.cbrDCHe-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2013)20131Desperate Times
/comics/Marvel/Ultimate Spider-Man (2000)/Ultimate Spider-Man - v05 - Public Scrutiny.cbzMarvelUltimate Spider-Man (2000)Volume 5Public Scrunity

Publisher

If the comic is in a publisher directory.

Check this if the top most directory relative to the library is the name of the publisher.

For example,

Library: /media/comics File: /media/comics/Marvel/Spider-Man/Spider-Man - #001.cbz Relative File: Marvel/Spider-Man/Spider-Man - #001.cbz

Here the top most relative folder is Marvel and this will be used as the Publisher.

Rename File

If the file should be renamed Series - Issue - Title.extension

Examples
X-Men - #4 (of 6) - Dark Pheonix Saga.cbz
Amazing Spider-Man - Volume 5 - Venom.cbz
Amazing Spider-Man - Annual 1997.cbz

Outputs

  1. ComicInfo added to comic archive
  2. ComicInfo already in archive