Datasets:
Error due to colon (:) in the filename on Windows systems
Hello,
I experienced a problem when downloading this dataset. I get the following error once everything has been downloaded when extracting the files.
[Errno 22] Invalid argument:
Upon investigation, it appears that the cause of the problem may be that the filenames contain the ":" character, which, as reported in this thread (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10386344/how-to-get-a-file-in-windows-with-a-colon-in-the-filename), it is not possible to store files containing ":" on a Windows system. There are some reported solutions and some workarounds. My recommendation is to move it to a UNIX system, where I have not had any issues.
Cheers!
Hey @mcamara - great find, thanks for reporting! Would you like to open a PR to update the script with the proposed fix? Happy to take a look at any solution on a PR :)
Hello @sanchit-gandhi - absolutely! I'll take a look and send a PR