{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/allenai/allennlp/issues/1093","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/allenai/allennlp","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/allenai/allennlp/issues/1093/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/allenai/allennlp/issues/1093/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/allenai/allennlp/issues/1093/events","html_url":"https://github.com/allenai/allennlp/issues/1093","id":314740991,"number":1093,"title":"Question about argument: --serialization-dir","user":{"login":"juexZZ","id":29177078,"avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/29177078?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/juexZZ","html_url":"https://github.com/juexZZ","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/juexZZ/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/juexZZ/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/juexZZ/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/juexZZ/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/juexZZ/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/juexZZ/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/juexZZ/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/juexZZ/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/juexZZ/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2018-04-16T17:01:24Z","updated_at":"2018-04-18T16:40:09Z","closed_at":"2018-04-18T16:40:09Z","author_association":"NONE","body":"According to the tutorial, this command : \r\nThe **serialization-dir** argument specifies the directory where the model's vocabulary and checkpointed weights will be saved\r\nSo when I was trying to run a BiDAF model with default config,  I ran into an config ERROR:\r\n\r\n> Serialization directory (/mydir) already exists\r\n\r\nMy command is just like that in the tutorial, only changed the json file into bidaf.json, and changed the serialization dir into /mydir\r\nIs this suppose to be a existing directory so the vocabulary and weights can be saved? If so, why dose this error occur? Or am I missing something out due to lack of experience? Then how to use this argument currectly?\r\nThanks!"}}
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