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Move a folder from Workspace to DBFS

AChang
New Contributor III

So, I didn't quite set up my model training output directory correctly, and it saved all my model files to the workspace in the git repo I was working in. I am trying to move these files to DBFS, but when I try using dbutils.fs.mv, I get this error: 

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /Repos/$EMAIL/$FOLDER/output/checkpoint-13956/*

I have tried it without the *, tried it with and without a foward slash at the end, and I always get the same error. For the destination I am using "dbfs:/$FOLDER". I am trying to avoid downloading each file individually, and when I try to export the whole folder none of the options really work for me since these are not workbook files. Also, some of the files are just too large to download, so I think I will have to use some kind of code option.

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AChang
New Contributor III

Figured it out, just had to use the !cp command, here is what I did, worked perfectly.

!cp -r /Workspace/Repos/$RESTOFPATH /dbfs/folder
 
and it put the entire folder i was trying to move, into that dbfs folder.

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AChang
New Contributor III

Figured it out, just had to use the !cp command, here is what I did, worked perfectly.

!cp -r /Workspace/Repos/$RESTOFPATH /dbfs/folder
 
and it put the entire folder i was trying to move, into that dbfs folder.

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