tensorflow/models · error · FileExistsError

Rejected directory already exists: {rejected_dir}. Remove or

Error message

Rejected directory already exists: {rejected_dir}. Remove or rename it before re-running.

What it means

Error "Rejected directory already exists: {rejected_dir}. Remove or rename it before re-running." thrown in tensorflow/models.

Source

Thrown at official/projects/waste_identification_ml/data_generation/auto_labeler_pipeline/filter_sparse_images.py:213

          f"{images_dir}"
      )

    validated.append((dataset_name, images_dir))

  return validated


def validate_rejected_dir(rejected_dir: str) -> None:
  """Ensures the rejected directory does not already exist.

  Args:
      rejected_dir: Path to the rejected directory.

  Raises:
      FileExistsError: If ``rejected_dir`` already exists.
  """
  if os.path.exists(rejected_dir):
    raise FileExistsError(
        f"Rejected directory already exists: {rejected_dir}. "
        "Remove or rename it before re-running."
    )


# ── Filesystem helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────


def gather_image_paths(root_directory: str) -> list[str]:
  """Recursively collects image file paths under a directory.

  Args:
      root_directory: Directory to walk.

  Returns:
      A naturally sorted list of absolute image file paths whose extensions
      (lower-cased) are in ``IMAGE_EXTENSIONS``.
  """

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at official/projects/waste_identification_ml/data_generation/auto_labeler_pipeline/filter_sparse_images.py:213 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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