Google Colab - Where is the output saved?

Question

I am training a machine learning model on google's colab. I am using keras with tensorflow backend (python 3.6). I am saving my model using the model.save() function provided by keras. When I call model.save('model_name)` where is the file saved? I cannot find it in my drive anywhere.

Solution 1

First, mount your drive:

!mkdir -p drive
!google-drive-ocamlfuse drive

Now, append your path:

import sys
sys.path.append('drive/Project')

You should be able to see your files on your local and web-based drive using:

model.save('drive/Project/myModel.h5')

Solution 2

Even though it is a bit late, I was also struggling with the same question.Then i found out mounting the drive in colab and then providing the drive path,the files will get stored in the google drive

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/gdrive')
#using model.save_weights() to save the weights of the model in HDF5 format
model.save_weights("/content/gdrive/My Drive/weights.h5")

The file is saved in the drive with name "weights.h5"

Comments

[Tanmay Bhatnagar]

fuse: mountpoint is not empty fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option. How do I empty the mountpoint?

[Oringa]

Maybe this could be of use: stackoverflow.com/questions/20271101/…

[Tanmay Bhatnagar]

Gave authorisation and mounted my drive. I am getting this error : Unable to create file (unable to open file: name = 'DL/Project/gen0.h5', errno = 2, error message = 'No such file or directory', flags = 13, o_flags = 242)

[Sung]

from google.colab import drive drive.mount('/content/drive')