Datalab: moving notebook to other folder

Question

I made a copy of a notebook in datalab. But instead of having the copy in the same folder - it was created at the root folder. That is probably a bug that needs to get fixed. In the mean time I tried to move the file to the right folder but the datalab UI doesn't seem to support that.

How do I move datalab notebook to the other folder?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '16 at 13:27

If you want to move a notebook into a folder that is not part of the official samples, then you may consider the following method:

Move notebooks using the rename function:
One method to move a notebook is to rename the notebook and include the relative path to the destination folder before the filename.

For example, assume that we have the following in the root folder

A notebook called Notebook2.ipynb
A folder called MyNotebooks

── MyNotebooks
│ └── Notebook1.ipynb
│
Notebook2.ipynb

To move Notebook2.ipynb into MyNotebooks, click on the notebook, then click rename, then rename the notebook as MyNotebooks/Notebook2.ipynb

Now you should see,

── MyNotebooks
│ └── Notebook1.ipynb
│ └── Notebook2.ipynb

Note: You will not be able to rename a notebook while there is an active session for the notebook. Make sure to stop the session first by clicking on Sessions, then clicking Shutdown on the specific notebook you want to move.

This no longer works: "Invalid notebook name. Notebook names must have 1 or more characters and can contain any characters except :/\. Please enter a new notebook name:" — tb., May 06 '19 at 14:17

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 20 '17 at 03:33

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I would rather recommend that you connect to the DataLab instance via ssh and move the file.

default path: /mnt/disks/datalab-pd/content/datalab/

answered Nov 20 '17 at 03:33

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '15 at 18:13

Notebooks created under the /datalab path are meant for official samples, tutorials, etc. While you could create new notebooks there, making a copy of a notebook will instead create it in the root. If you are experiencing this elsewhere though that sounds like a bug.

There is no direct facility for moving notebooks; however you can download a notebook as a .ipynb file and then from the main tree view you can navigate to the directory you want it to go in and click on 'Upload' to upload it.

I see, so it is download, upload, delete old. Not the most intuitive but works. — MichałK, Dec 10 '15 at 18:16

Datalab: moving notebook to other folder

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