<# .SYNOPSIS start-calibre-server.ps1 .DESCRIPTION Starts a local Calibre server as a daemon process .EXAMPLE PS> .\start-calibre-server.ps1 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> try { $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() $Result = (calibre-server --version) if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'calibre-server' - make sure Calibre is installed and available" } & calibre-server --port 8099 --num-per-page 100 --userdb $HOME/CalibreUsers.sqlite --log $HOME/CalibreServer.log --daemonize $HOME/'Calibre Library' [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ started Calibre Server in $Elapsed sec" exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }