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# createDirectory

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          <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">CreateDirectoryResponse</a> gpudb::GPUdb::createDirectory </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest">CreateDirectoryRequest</a> &</td>
          <td className="paramname"><span className="paramname"><span className="em">request\_</span></span></td>
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      <p>Creates a new directory in <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>
      <p>The new directory serves as a location in which the user can upload files using <a className="el" href="#abf858a844a619c04135d680ce9a2fe4c">uploadFiles</a>.</p>

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              <td className="paramname">request\_</td>
              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest">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_1CreateDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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          <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">CreateDirectoryResponse</a> & gpudb::GPUdb::createDirectory </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest">CreateDirectoryRequest</a> &</td>
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      <p>Creates a new directory in <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>
      <p>The new directory serves as a location in which the user can upload files using <a className="el" href="#abf858a844a619c04135d680ce9a2fe4c">uploadFiles</a>.</p>

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              <td className="paramname">request\_</td>
              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest">Request</a> object containing the parameters for the operation. </td>
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              <td className="paramdir">\[out]</td>
              <td className="paramname">response\_</td>
              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the results of the operation.</td>
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation (initially passed in by reference). </div>
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          <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">CreateDirectoryResponse</a> gpudb::GPUdb::createDirectory </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const std::string &</td>
          <td className="paramname"><span className="paramname"><span className="em">directoryName</span></span>, </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const std::map\< std::string, std::string > &</td>
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      <p>Creates a new directory in <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>
      <p>The new directory serves as a location in which the user can upload files using <a className="el" href="#a536c56e50bedb45ae384af8de3b6483a">uploadFiles</a>.</p>

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              <td className="paramdir">\[in]</td>
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              <td>Name of the directory in KiFS to be created. </td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a6eea48ad93a90f8e00c194cfe87250d7">create\_directory\_create\_home\_directory</a>: When set, a home directory is created for the user name provided in the value. The <span className="em arg">directoryName</span> must be an empty string in this case. The user must exist. </li>
                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a4b6b939da3d5ca9fae8f0e262abe2497">create\_directory\_data\_limit</a>: The maximum capacity, in bytes, to apply to the created directory. Set to -1 to indicate no upper limit. If empty, the system default limit is applied. </li>

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a0c2b822bf59c127ed06112f8e4fe90eb">create\_directory\_no\_error\_if\_exists</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a65fde3c9705cf756aa5f7115e18ca283">true</a>, does not return an error if the directory already exists. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a65fde3c9705cf756aa5f7115e18ca283">create\_directory\_true</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a8087053c4f1d8d6fc90cf27e01b1875f">create\_directory\_false</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a8087053c4f1d8d6fc90cf27e01b1875f">create\_directory\_false</a>.
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                The default value is an empty map.
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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      <p>Creates a new directory in <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>
      <p>The new directory serves as a location in which the user can upload files using <a className="el" href="#a536c56e50bedb45ae384af8de3b6483a">uploadFiles</a>.</p>

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              <td className="paramdir">\[in]</td>
              <td className="paramname">directoryName</td>
              <td>Name of the directory in KiFS to be created. </td>
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              <td className="paramname">options</td>

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                Optional parameters.

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                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a6eea48ad93a90f8e00c194cfe87250d7">create\_directory\_create\_home\_directory</a>: When set, a home directory is created for the user name provided in the value. The <span className="em arg">directoryName</span> must be an empty string in this case. The user must exist. </li>
                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a4b6b939da3d5ca9fae8f0e262abe2497">create\_directory\_data\_limit</a>: The maximum capacity, in bytes, to apply to the created directory. Set to -1 to indicate no upper limit. If empty, the system default limit is applied. </li>

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a0c2b822bf59c127ed06112f8e4fe90eb">create\_directory\_no\_error\_if\_exists</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a65fde3c9705cf756aa5f7115e18ca283">true</a>, does not return an error if the directory already exists. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a65fde3c9705cf756aa5f7115e18ca283">create\_directory\_true</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a8087053c4f1d8d6fc90cf27e01b1875f">create\_directory\_false</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a8087053c4f1d8d6fc90cf27e01b1875f">create\_directory\_false</a>.
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                The default value is an empty map.
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              <td className="paramname">response\_</td>
              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the results of the operation.</td>
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation (initially passed in by reference). </div>
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