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# createDirectory

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                <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">CreateDirectoryResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.createDirectory </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="#aa2236808ac435d52ef3ac560cd210ce4">uploadFiles</a>.</p>

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        <div className="dd">Response object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L19921">19921</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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                <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">CreateDirectoryResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.createDirectory </td>
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      <p>Creates a new directory in <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>
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              <td className="paramname">directory\_name</td>
              <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/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a36fde2b27560bf951502c6bf15e864d7">CREATE\_HOME\_DIRECTORY</a>: When set, a home directory is created for the user name provided in the value. The <span className="em">directory\_name</span> must be an empty string in this case. The user must exist. </li>
                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#af7836dec4c9900e9ea014c023978b77b">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/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#aba768d32002b40ef872a43106a19454b">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_EXISTS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a2b636bf67846dd98d2c63c503c2941e7">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/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a2b636bf67846dd98d2c63c503c2941e7">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a55c83cb063738dfaa0cb8d0dd093f595">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a55c83cb063738dfaa0cb8d0dd093f595">FALSE</a>.
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                The default value is an empty Dictionary.
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L20005">20005</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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                <td className="memname">async System.Threading.Tasks.Task\< <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryResponse">CreateDirectoryResponse</a> > kinetica.Kinetica.CreateDirectoryAsync </td>
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      <p>Creates a new directory in <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>
      <p>(async) </p>
      <p>The new directory serves as a location in which the user can upload files using <a className="el" href="#aa2236808ac435d52ef3ac560cd210ce4">uploadFiles</a>.</p>

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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L19941">19941</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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      <p>Creates a new directory in <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. </p>
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      <p>The new directory serves as a location in which the user can upload files using <a className="el" href="#aa2236808ac435d52ef3ac560cd210ce4">uploadFiles</a>.</p>

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                Optional parameters.

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                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a36fde2b27560bf951502c6bf15e864d7">CREATE\_HOME\_DIRECTORY</a>: When set, a home directory is created for the user name provided in the value. The <span className="em">directory\_name</span> must be an empty string in this case. The user must exist. </li>
                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#af7836dec4c9900e9ea014c023978b77b">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/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#aba768d32002b40ef872a43106a19454b">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_EXISTS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a2b636bf67846dd98d2c63c503c2941e7">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/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a2b636bf67846dd98d2c63c503c2941e7">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a55c83cb063738dfaa0cb8d0dd093f595">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a55c83cb063738dfaa0cb8d0dd093f595">FALSE</a>.
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                The default value is an empty Dictionary.
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L20069">20069</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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