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/show/directories

URL: https://<aws.fqdn>/<aws.cluster.name>/gpudb-0/show/directories

Shows information about directories in KiFS. Can be used to show a single directory, or all directories.

Input Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
directory_name	string	The KiFS directory name to show. If empty, shows all directories. The default value is ''.
options	map of string to strings	Optional parameters. The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

Output Parameter Description

The GPUdb server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:

Name

Type

Description

status

String

'OK' or 'ERROR'

message

String

Empty if success or an error message

data_type

String

'show_directories_response' or 'none' in case of an error

data

String

Empty string

data_str

JSON or String

This embedded JSON represents the result of the /show/directories endpoint:

Name	Type	Description
directories	array of strings	KiFS directory names
users	array of strings	User that created each directory for the respective directories in output parameter directories
creation_times	array of longs	The creation time for each directory in milliseconds since epoch, for the respective directories in output parameter directories
data_usages	array of longs	The data usage each directory in bytes, for the respective directories in output parameter directories
data_limits	array of longs	The data limit for each directory in bytes, for the respective directories in output parameter directories
permissions	array of strings	Highest level of permission the calling user has for the respective directories in output parameter directories. Will be empty if no permissions. If a user has been granted both read and write permissions, 'directory_write' will be listed.
info	map of string to strings	Additional information.

Empty string in case of an error.