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# alterDirectory

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          <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterDirectoryResponse">AlterDirectoryResponse</a> gpudb::GPUdb::alterDirectory </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterDirectoryRequest">AlterDirectoryRequest</a> &</td>
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      <p>Alters an existing directory in <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>

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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterDirectoryRequest">Request</a> object containing the parameters for the operation.</td>
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterDirectoryRequest">AlterDirectoryRequest</a> &</td>
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      <p>Alters an existing directory in <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>

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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterDirectoryRequest">Request</a> object containing the parameters for the operation. </td>
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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the results of the operation.</td>
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              <td>Name of the directory in KiFS to be altered. </td>
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                Map containing the properties of the directory to be altered. Error if empty.

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                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#af9d3f7843f6b692764a91d242451a7f1">alter\_directory\_data\_limit</a>: The maximum capacity, in bytes, to apply to the directory. Set to -1 to indicate no upper limit. </li>
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              <td>Optional parameters. The default value is an empty map.</td>
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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              <td className="paramdir">\[in]</td>
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              <td>Name of the directory in KiFS to be altered. </td>
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                Map containing the properties of the directory to be altered. Error if empty.

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                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#af9d3f7843f6b692764a91d242451a7f1">alter\_directory\_data\_limit</a>: The maximum capacity, in bytes, to apply to the directory. Set to -1 to indicate no upper limit. </li>
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              <td className="paramdir">\[out]</td>
              <td className="paramname">response\_</td>
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