Colabtools: The csv files I uploaded to Colab vanished. I guess the VM was recycled and so the files were deleted.

[paulgureghian]

I only had them there for one day and they are gone already. I have to keep uploading them everyday? Will colab load my local files ? can I point colab to my files on google drive ?

[colaboratory-team]

A typical pattern is to mount your Google Drive as a filesystem and store persistent files there.

To do this, run:

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

For more recipes, see the I/O example notebook.

[nattemple]

Does anyone have any more info on this? I also found that files disappear the next day. Is there any way to make them persist?

[DanBrown47]

@nattemple I have also witnessed the same issue, The locally saved files vanishes after running a few code blocks.

[Danc2050]

@nattemple @DanBrown47 @paulgureghian

1. Create a new notebook
2. Next, on the far left, click "📁", the "Mount Drive" button and select "CONNECT TO GOOGLE DRIVE". Your drive storage should automatically remount each time you run the notebook(s).
3. Optionally, see the official video for a walkthrough.

[sanketchavan08]

Thanks for all the comments.
I have a situation where I am going to share my notebook with someone, but I don't want that person (collaborator) to see my google drive file.

[Danc2050]

@sanketchavan08 As far as I know, there is no fine-grained permission giving amongst colaborators and sharing a notebook with someone does not give them access to your drive either. What I would recommend is uploading the file to a personal domain and keeping that as the source of truth which your friend can download from in his own notebook.