<# .SYNOPSIS Starts a Calibre server .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script starts a local Calibre server as background process (using Web port 8099 by default). .PARAMETER port Specifies the Web port number (8099 by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./start-calibre-server .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([int]$Port = 8099, [string]$UserDB = "$HOME/CalibreUsers.sqlite", [string]$Logfile = "$HOME/CalibreServer.log") try { $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() "⏳ Step 1/2 - Searching for Calibre server executable..." & calibre-server --version if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'calibre-server' - make sure Calibre server is installed and available" } "⏳ Step 2/2 - Starting Calibre server as background process..." " (Web port $Port, user DB at $UserDB, log file at $Logfile)" & calibre-server --port $Port --num-per-page 100 --userdb $UserDB --log $Logfile --daemonize $HOME/'Calibre Library' [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ started Calibre server in $Elapsed sec" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }