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Databricks "Error: expected to have the absolute path of the object or directory"

I want to export a file from (Azure) Databricks workspace to local directory with the databricks-cli utility. This works:

databricks workspace list /mypath/test.md
ID               Type  Language  Path
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  FILE            /mypath/test.md

This fails:

databricks workspace export /mypath/test.md /targetpath/test.md
Error: expected to have the absolute path of the object or directory

This page details the same error but does not seem relevant to a Workspace query. Grateful for assistance.

Solution

  • Solved. You need to assign the output manually e.g.

    databricks workspace export /mypath/test.md > /targetpath/test.md

    Of course the documentation does not say what is returned from the call or include any examples.