path does not exist error while creating custom dataset

[omersert]

Hi I wanted to create my own dataset I used these instructions https://github.com/clovaai/deep-text-recognition-benchmark#when-you-need-to-create-lmdb-dataset
When I issue the command
python3 create_lmdb_dataset.py --inputPath data/ --gtFile data/gt.txt --outputPath result/
I get the eror

it says the path does not exist but it actually exists.
What can I do to prevent this error?

[inouetaka]

@omersert
Does the path written in gtFile match the actual path?

[omersert]

Yes they're identical.

[ku21fan]

Hello,

I guess something would be wrong..
I doubted the actual path as @inouetaka said.

I wonder the output of os.path.exists(imagePath).
Can you add and print the result of print(os.path.exists(imagePath)) as below?

        print(os.path.exists(imagePath)) <-- add this at Line 53 in create_lmdb_dataset.py
        if not os.path.exists(imagePath):
            print('%s does not exist' % imagePath)
            continue

[omersert]

@ku21fan Hi,
I did what you said and here is what I got as an output

and this is a screenshot from my gt.txt file

[ku21fan]

@omersert
I found the cause and solution!

It related on os.path.join function.

If the second argument started with /home/ (specifically /), the first argument (= inputPath =data/ ) was ignored.
It was unexpectable for me, I didn't know this case of os.path.join function.
Sorry about that.

So, can you make and try with new_gt.txt file?
which removed /home/~~~~~-benchamrk/data/ in each line.
i.e. change from /home/~~~~~-benchamrk/data/resimler/res_30001_0000166--.jpg to resimler/res_30001_0000166--.jpg

Best

[omersert]

@ku21fan Now it works fine.
Thank you so much.