topic Re: Is there a utility to convert between "/dbfs" and "dbfs:" path strings? in Data Engineering

Is there a utility to convert between "/dbfs" and "dbfs:" path strings?

fijoy — Sat, 27 May 2023 16:19:07 GMT

Is there a built-in utility function, e.g., dbutils, that can convert between path strings that start with "dbfs:" and "/dbfs"?

Some operations, e.g, copying from one location in DBFS to another using dbutils.fs.cp() expect the path starting with "/dbfs", whereas others, e.g., copying from DBFS to S3 using dbutils.fs.cp() expect DBFS path strings to start with "dbfs:".

A built-in utility function to convert between these paths strings will be helpful.

Re: Is there a utility to convert between "/dbfs" and "dbfs:" path strings?

Ajay-Pandey — Sat, 27 May 2023 18:02:46 GMT

Hi @Fijoy Vadakkumpadan ,

You can use lstrip built-in function to remove this.

Re: Is there a utility to convert between "/dbfs" and "dbfs:" path strings?

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Re: Is there a utility to convert between "/dbfs" and "dbfs:" path strings?

fijoy — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 03:51:27 GMT

Thanks, but not what I'm looking for. I was looking for a built-in function to go from "/dbfs/hello/test" to "dbfs:/hello/test"