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File copy from local to dbfs

Teja07
New Contributor II

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

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Ajay-Pandey
Esteemed Contributor III

@Mani Teja Gโ€‹ ,

Are u using databricks CLI??

Ajay Kumar Pandey

venkatcrc
New Contributor III

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

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