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# deleteDirectory

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          <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">DeleteDirectoryResponse</a> gpudb::GPUdb::deleteDirectory </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest">DeleteDirectoryRequest</a> &</td>
          <td className="paramname"><span className="paramname"><span className="em">request\_</span></span></td>
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      <p>Deletes a directory from <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>

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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest">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_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">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_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">DeleteDirectoryResponse</a> & gpudb::GPUdb::deleteDirectory </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest">DeleteDirectoryRequest</a> &</td>
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      <p>Deletes a directory from <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>

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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest">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_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">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_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation (initially passed in by reference). </div>
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          <td className="paramtype">const std::string &</td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const std::map\< std::string, std::string > &</td>
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      <p>Deletes a directory from <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</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 deleted. The directory must contain no files, unless <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ac25d5650f68f2b9b33931f966c49555f">recursive</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a620d2b4ef97df73c6d9e31e219f1ed42">true</a>. </td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                  <li>
                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ac25d5650f68f2b9b33931f966c49555f">delete\_directory\_recursive</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a620d2b4ef97df73c6d9e31e219f1ed42">true</a>, will delete directory and all files residing in it. If false, directory must be empty for deletion. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a620d2b4ef97df73c6d9e31e219f1ed42">delete\_directory\_true</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#af326a5e14f6a21cfa77425ee79127247">delete\_directory\_false</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#af326a5e14f6a21cfa77425ee79127247">delete\_directory\_false</a>.
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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ac97ecd16041fcdea66f3e53f12c6553c">delete\_directory\_no\_error\_if\_not\_exists</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a620d2b4ef97df73c6d9e31e219f1ed42">true</a>, no error is returned if specified directory does not exist. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a620d2b4ef97df73c6d9e31e219f1ed42">delete\_directory\_true</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#af326a5e14f6a21cfa77425ee79127247">delete\_directory\_false</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#af326a5e14f6a21cfa77425ee79127247">delete\_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_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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      <p>Deletes a directory from <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>

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              <td className="paramdir">\[in]</td>
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              <td>Name of the directory in KiFS to be deleted. The directory must contain no files, unless <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ac25d5650f68f2b9b33931f966c49555f">recursive</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a620d2b4ef97df73c6d9e31e219f1ed42">true</a>. </td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ac25d5650f68f2b9b33931f966c49555f">delete\_directory\_recursive</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a620d2b4ef97df73c6d9e31e219f1ed42">true</a>, will delete directory and all files residing in it. If false, directory must be empty for deletion. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a620d2b4ef97df73c6d9e31e219f1ed42">delete\_directory\_true</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#af326a5e14f6a21cfa77425ee79127247">delete\_directory\_false</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#af326a5e14f6a21cfa77425ee79127247">delete\_directory\_false</a>.
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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ac97ecd16041fcdea66f3e53f12c6553c">delete\_directory\_no\_error\_if\_not\_exists</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a620d2b4ef97df73c6d9e31e219f1ed42">true</a>, no error is returned if specified directory does not exist. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a620d2b4ef97df73c6d9e31e219f1ed42">delete\_directory\_true</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#af326a5e14f6a21cfa77425ee79127247">delete\_directory\_false</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#af326a5e14f6a21cfa77425ee79127247">delete\_directory\_false</a>.
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                The default value is an empty map.
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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">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_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation (initially passed in by reference). </div>
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