Check for the existence of useless files such as Thumbs.db

[rdeltour]

From saltyho...@gmail.com on September 01, 2009 20:07:10

Some badly-made ePub archives contain useless metadata files such as
Thumbs.db or even "backup" zip files of the archive.
They can add to the ePub file size quite a bit.

Perhaps epubcheck could specifically check for Thumbs.db or, more
generally, warn about files that aren't in the manifest.

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck/issues/detail?id=38

[rdeltour]

From asbjorn....@gmail.com on April 14, 2010 03:18:46

I prefer to have epubcheck use the manifest and spine as guides for this check.

That said, I do believe the epub specification states that all files except the .opf
(itself), mimetype and META-INF/container.xml files are to be included in the manifest.

[rdeltour]

From liza31337@gmail.com on May 28, 2010 07:38:37

I'd like to elevate this as unmanifested files are disallowed by Apple when submitting epub files to
iBookstore. Adding a warning (at least) for unmanifested files would be extremely useful to people who are
expecting epubcheck to help them get into the iBookstore.

[rdeltour]

From syea...@gmail.com on June 04, 2010 15:18:11

Is there a recommended way to include files that you don't want normal users to see?

For a while we were including archival-type sources in our epubs. We dropped them
because they were causing excessively large file sizes, but it's still something I'm
interested in.

[rdeltour]

From mehtas1...@gmail.com on June 26, 2010 10:01:26

Can I pay somebody to get the changes done to this utility so it can check for unmanifested files and upload this utility on our website so visitors can validate the file as per Apple's requirements

Feel free to contact me directly at Bob@ebookconversion.com

Thanks,
Bob Mehta

[rdeltour]

From liza31337@gmail.com on August 31, 2010 08:15:28

Status: Duplicate
Mergedinto: 58