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# deleteDirectory

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                <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">DeleteDirectoryResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.deleteDirectory </td>
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      <p>Deletes a directory from <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</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#L31510">31510</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_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">DeleteDirectoryResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.deleteDirectory </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="paramname">directory\_name</td>
              <td>Name of the directory in KiFS to be deleted. The directory must contain no files, unless <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a472a530361260d61f6c84057880abab0">RECURSIVE</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a69677fcc1b2f0d208b7cf7834396bc72">TRUE</a>.</td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a472a530361260d61f6c84057880abab0">RECURSIVE</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a69677fcc1b2f0d208b7cf7834396bc72">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/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a69677fcc1b2f0d208b7cf7834396bc72">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a00395dcd093c231936881b42b30e2a7e">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a00395dcd093c231936881b42b30e2a7e">FALSE</a>.
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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a7899cbe94eadb9cb9f8c3b7a39739af0">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_NOT\_EXISTS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a69677fcc1b2f0d208b7cf7834396bc72">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/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a69677fcc1b2f0d208b7cf7834396bc72">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a00395dcd093c231936881b42b30e2a7e">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a00395dcd093c231936881b42b30e2a7e">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#L31596">31596</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_1DeleteDirectoryResponse">DeleteDirectoryResponse</a> > kinetica.Kinetica.DeleteDirectoryAsync </td>
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      <p>Deletes a directory from <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</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#L31526">31526</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>Name of the directory in KiFS to be deleted. The directory must contain no files, unless <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a472a530361260d61f6c84057880abab0">RECURSIVE</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a69677fcc1b2f0d208b7cf7834396bc72">TRUE</a>.</td>
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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a472a530361260d61f6c84057880abab0">RECURSIVE</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a69677fcc1b2f0d208b7cf7834396bc72">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/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a69677fcc1b2f0d208b7cf7834396bc72">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a00395dcd093c231936881b42b30e2a7e">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a00395dcd093c231936881b42b30e2a7e">FALSE</a>.
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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a7899cbe94eadb9cb9f8c3b7a39739af0">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_NOT\_EXISTS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a69677fcc1b2f0d208b7cf7834396bc72">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/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a69677fcc1b2f0d208b7cf7834396bc72">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a00395dcd093c231936881b42b30e2a7e">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DeleteDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a00395dcd093c231936881b42b30e2a7e">FALSE</a>.
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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#L31666">31666</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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