Error when updating metadata [Errno 13]

[James]

Version: 2.65.1
OS: OS X 10.11.6

I run the Calibre client on my local Mac and opt to store the library on a shared Windows volume.

When attempting to update the metadata of a set of books by merging their records, an error is produced:

calibre, version 2.65.1
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>OSError</b>:[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Volumes/Indexed ebooks deleted I5C8o_/[file title]'

calibre 2.65.1 embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Darwin-15.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit Darwin ('64bit', '')
('Darwin', '15.6.0', 'Darwin Kernel Version 15.6.0: Mon Aug 29 20:21:34 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3248.60.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64')
Python 2.7.11
OSX: ('10.11.6', ('', '', ''), 'x86_64')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/actions/edit_metadata.py", line 464, in merge_books
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/actions/edit_metadata.py", line 525, in delete_books_after_merge
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/library/models.py", line 376, in delete_books_by_id
  File "site-packages/calibre/db/cache.py", line 57, in call_func_with_lock
  File "site-packages/calibre/db/cache.py", line 1587, in remove_books
  File "site-packages/calibre/db/backend.py", line 1611, in remove_books
  File "site-packages/calibre/db/delete_service.py", line 63, in delete_books
  File "site-packages/calibre/db/delete_service.py", line 67, in queue_paths
  File "site-packages/calibre/db/delete_service.py", line 86, in _queue_paths
  File "lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 299, in move
  File "lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 177, in copytree
  File "lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Volumes/Indexed ebooks deleted I5C8o_/[file title]'

My understanding of this particular Python error is that paths beginning with a '/' can generate it, although if that's the case, I can't think of a fix that I can implement myself.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

See http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#i-am-getting-errors-with-my-calibre-library-on-a-networked-drive-nas

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[James (pudulike)]

My apologies. Thanks for the link.