Error when trying to train.

[probablyrei]

When I open train.py I get a traceback error that says:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\User\Desktop\word-rnn-tensorflow-master\train.py", line 134, in
main()
File "C:\Users\User\Desktop\word-rnn-tensorflow-master\train.py", line 54, in main
train(args)
File "C:\Users\User\Desktop\word-rnn-tensorflow-master\train.py", line 57, in train
data_loader = TextLoader(args.data_dir, args.batch_size, args.seq_length, args.input_encoding)
File "C:\Users\User\Desktop\word-rnn-tensorflow-master\utils.py", line 23, in init
self.preprocess(input_file, vocab_file, tensor_file, encoding)
File "C:\Users\User\Desktop\word-rnn-tensorflow-master\utils.py", line 65, in preprocess
with codecs.open(input_file, "r", encoding=encoding) as f:
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\codecs.py", line 895, in open
file = builtins.open(filename, mode, buffering)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'data/tinyshakespeare\input.txt'

I don't know why it says "No such file or directory: 'data/tinyshakespeare\input.txt'" because it is definitely there..help?

[Enviy]

I received this error at first as well. I had to ensure that I was in the same directory as the 'data' folder.

[probablyrei]

I received this error at first as well. I had to ensure that I was in the same directory as the 'data' folder.

Can you please elaborate on what you mean by that?

[normanheckscher]

Looks like filesystem directory structure naming issue. Forward and backward slashes. "data/tinyshakespeare\input.txt"

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[Enviy]

That's a good point about the backslash. At first I thought it was escaping a space character but there shouldn't be a space there so it's odd.

So earlier I mentioned ensuring you were in the 'data' directory. What I meant is that when I encountered a similar issue, it worked when I navigated to the project directory which had the 'data' directory in it. The script has default args which look for the input file in that directory.

[micooke]

The problem is the formation of the default value for --data_dir
https://github.com/hunkim/word-rnn-tensorflow/blob/master/train.py#L15

You can change this line locally to default=os.join('data','tinyshakespeare') or pass thus parameter when you can it python train --data_dir data\\tinyshakespeare