Relative attachment path new rules "attachments:"?? Zutilo
Hi - I did understand the relative path system and used Zutilo to "show" and "modify attachment path". But something has changed, and because of that many attachments are broken. I don't get it.
In a working item, it used to be like this:
C:\A = base directory
Zotero/Folder = Attachment path - would show if one clicks on "show attachment path"
Now these attachments do not work anymore. However, if I create a new item with attachment, the filename that shows up in the right window is changed to the relative path+real file name: Zotero/Folder/ABC.pdf = this works.
If I click on "show attachment path" it then says:
attachments:Zotero/Folder/ABC.pdf
Why is this? Do I have to change these path of old files (+1000) by hand?
In a working item, it used to be like this:
C:\A = base directory
Zotero/Folder = Attachment path - would show if one clicks on "show attachment path"
Now these attachments do not work anymore. However, if I create a new item with attachment, the filename that shows up in the right window is changed to the relative path+real file name: Zotero/Folder/ABC.pdf = this works.
If I click on "show attachment path" it then says:
attachments:Zotero/Folder/ABC.pdf
Why is this? Do I have to change these path of old files (+1000) by hand?
Can you provide a Debug ID for an attempt to open a file that's missing?
1. Should the attachment path (in a relative path setup) read like: Zotero/Folder
or should it have a prefix: attachments:Zotero/Folder
2. Should the "filename" which is displayed in the right window upon clicking on an attachment read: filename.pdf
or should it include the path: Zotero/filename.pdf
attachments:uthor/Author/author-year-title.pdf
I believe that I failed to put a final \ (or stupidly put a /) and this created this baloney new paths.
Is there a way to batch edit this using metadata perhaps?
I've carefully read the Zutilo instructions on how to modify attachment paths but I don't possess the required background knowledge to know how to fix the problem I created.
Can somebody please explain to me how I could batch edit paths from the following paths which are incorrect (as the Author folder is missing its first letter)? Does it matter that the Author folder is missing its first letter?
attachments:ppinger et al/Eppinger et al-2014-Diplomacy and Its Others.pdf
Perhaps this is already explained here: https://github.com/willsALMANJ/Zutilo/blob/master/docs/COMMANDS.md
but I don't recognize/understand it?
I think the only way to repair this is for each author individually...
My computer runs on Ubuntu.
Using Zutilo, I sucessfully changed the attachment paths in my first collection. In my second collection, this did not work, because the first letter of all my PDF- attachments got deleted. Zutilo, showing me the attachment paths gives me e.g.: /home/Documents/ebb_2005, instead of the correct path: /home/Documents/Webb_2005
Is there a way to correct the filenames in batch, rather than doing it individually for each attachment?
Thank you for your help!