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/dbfs is empty

FemiAnthony
New Contributor III

Why does /dbfs seem to be empty in my Databricks cluster ?

If I run

%sh ls /dbfs

I get no output.

I am looking for the databricks-datasets subdirectory ? I can't find it under /dbfs

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Prabakar
Esteemed Contributor III
Esteemed Contributor III

Hi @Femi Anthony​ Please let us know if you are trying this in Community edition or in your workspace?

If it's CE then you won't be able to see anything under /dbfs while using %sh.

display(dbutils.fs.ls("/")) should show the dataset folder.

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Sajesh
New Contributor III
New Contributor III

Hi @Femi Anthony​ , Do you see any results on executing: display(dbutils.fs.ls("/"))?

What's the DBR version of the cluster?

Prabakar
Esteemed Contributor III
Esteemed Contributor III

Hi @Femi Anthony​ Please let us know if you are trying this in Community edition or in your workspace?

If it's CE then you won't be able to see anything under /dbfs while using %sh.

display(dbutils.fs.ls("/")) should show the dataset folder.

FemiAnthony
New Contributor III

Yes, this is in Community ediition. Thanks.

Prabakar
Esteemed Contributor III
Esteemed Contributor III

Okay. Then this is the limitation with CE.

Use display(dbutils.fs.ls("/")) 

Hi @Femi Anthony​ ,

If @Prabakar Ammeappin​'s response helped you to solve your question? would you be happy to mark his answer as best so that others can quickly find the solution in the future

FemiAnthony
New Contributor III

Thanks @Prabakar Ammeappin​ 

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