topic Re: File copy from local to dbfs in Data Engineering

File copy from local to dbfs

Teja07 — Mon, 22 May 2023 11:06:23 GMT

How to copy a file from local disk to databricks dbfs path. I tried as below but it is throwing me error:

code i tried: dbutils.fs.cp("file://c:/user/file.txt",dbfs/data/) and dbutils.fs.cp("file:///c:/user/file.txt",dbfs/data/)

error: File not found excdeption

Ajay-Pandey — Mon, 22 May 2023 14:32:27 GMT

@Mani Teja G ,

Are u using databricks CLI??

venkatcrc — Mon, 22 May 2023 18:18:28 GMT

I assume you cannot copy files from Local machine to dbfs using dbutils. you can upload files to dbfs using below gui option .

Data --> Browse DFS --> Upload