Using wget with jupyter lab (folder permissions)

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Hi guys;

I’m using !wget inside a cell to download an excel file online. I can do this no problem, but when I try to download to a directory called “/datasets”, it tells me “Permission Denied: cannot access directory”.

I’m not sure how to solve this issue, I’ve tried searching “how to give root access to jupyter lab” but I don’t get anywhere.

Does anyone have any suggestions or advice on how to fix this issue?

Many thanks!

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Does the folder exist in advance? Does creating it before trying to put files into it help? The average, non-root user often cannot write to /.

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Yes, try ./datasets to put it relative to the current directory. Or /home/jovyan/work/datasets (after creating the directory).

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The folder does exist, and I’ve even gone as far as giving it “everyone” permission in Linux.