Prediction downloading error

[johngardineriv]

I have used the Google Colab web portal to make many successful predictions, however my most recent several attempts have all ended without downloading the predicted structure for later manipulation. I get the following error message:

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NotImplementedError                       Traceback (most recent call last)
[<ipython-input-7-3e4321454653>](https://ml4d9mcuoh-496ff2e9c6d22116-0-colab.googleusercontent.com/outputframe.html?vrz=colab-20230117-060106-RC00_502511873#) in <module>
    230 
    231 # --- Download the predictions ---
--> 232 get_ipython().system('zip -q -r {output_dir}.zip {output_dir}')
    233 files.download(f'{output_dir}.zip')

2 frames
[/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/google/colab/_shell.py](https://ml4d9mcuoh-496ff2e9c6d22116-0-colab.googleusercontent.com/outputframe.html?vrz=colab-20230117-060106-RC00_502511873#) in system(self, *args, **kwargs)
     93       kwargs.update({'also_return_output': True})
     94 
---> 95     output = _system_commands._system_compat(self, *args, **kwargs)  # pylint:disable=protected-access
     96 
     97     if pip_warn:

[/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/google/colab/_system_commands.py](https://ml4d9mcuoh-496ff2e9c6d22116-0-colab.googleusercontent.com/outputframe.html?vrz=colab-20230117-060106-RC00_502511873#) in _system_compat(shell, cmd, also_return_output)
    434   # is expected to call this function, thus adding one level of nesting to the
    435   # stack.
--> 436   result = _run_command(
    437       shell.var_expand(cmd, depth=2), clear_streamed_output=False)
    438   shell.user_ns['_exit_code'] = result.returncode

[/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/google/colab/_system_commands.py](https://ml4d9mcuoh-496ff2e9c6d22116-0-colab.googleusercontent.com/outputframe.html?vrz=colab-20230117-060106-RC00_502511873#) in _run_command(cmd, clear_streamed_output)
    161   locale_encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
    162   if locale_encoding != _ENCODING:
--> 163     raise NotImplementedError(
    164         'A UTF-8 locale is required. Got {}'.format(locale_encoding))
    165 

NotImplementedError: A UTF-8 locale is required. Got ANSI_X3.4-1968
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I have already tried fiddling with my browser's download permissions, but that has not remedied the issue. Thank you for your assistance.

[Augustin-Zidek]

Could you try replacing

!zip -q -r {output_dir}.zip {output_dir}

from cell 5 with:

import shutil
shutil.make_archive(output_dir, 'zip', output_dir)

See also #483

[Augustin-Zidek]

Fixed in 0d9a24b. Thanks for reporting!

[johngardineriv]

Working smoothly now. Thank you muchly!