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# deleteDirectory

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        <h3>deleteDirectory</h3>
        <div className="member-signature"><span className="modifiers">public</span> <span className="return-type"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol">DeleteDirectoryResponse</a></span> <span className="element-name">deleteDirectory</span><wbr /><span className="parameters">(<a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol">DeleteDirectoryRequest</a> request)</span> throws <span className="exceptions"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></span></div>
        <div className="block">Deletes a directory from <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>.</div>

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          <div className="dt">Parameters:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code>request</code> - <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol"><code>Request</code></a> object containing the parameters for the operation.</div>
          <div className="dt">Returns:</div>
          <div className="dd"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol"><code>Response</code></a> object containing the results of the operation.</div>
          <div className="dt">Throws:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></code> - if an error occurs during the operation.</div>
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        <h3>deleteDirectory</h3>
        <div className="member-signature"><span className="modifiers">public</span> <span className="return-type"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol">DeleteDirectoryResponse</a></span> <span className="element-name">deleteDirectory</span><wbr /><span className="parameters">(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a> directoryName, <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Map.html" title="class or interface in java.util" className="external-link">Map</a>\<<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a>,<wbr /><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a>> options)</span> throws <span className="exceptions"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></span></div>
        <div className="block">Deletes a directory from <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>.</div>

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          <div className="dt">Parameters:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code>directoryName</code> - Name of the directory in KiFS to be deleted. The directory must contain no files, unless <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#RECURSIVE"><code>RECURSIVE</code></a> is <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#TRUE"><code>TRUE</code></a>.</div>

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            <code>options</code> - Optional parameters.

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                <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#RECURSIVE"><code>RECURSIVE</code></a>: If <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#TRUE"><code>TRUE</code></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 href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#TRUE"><code>TRUE</code></a> </li>
                  <li><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#FALSE"><code>FALSE</code></a> </li>
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                The default value is <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#FALSE"><code>FALSE</code></a>.
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                <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#NO_ERROR_IF_NOT_EXISTS"><code>NO\_ERROR\_IF\_NOT\_EXISTS</code></a>: If <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#TRUE"><code>TRUE</code></a>, no error is returned if specified directory does not exist. Supported values:

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                  <li><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#TRUE"><code>TRUE</code></a> </li>
                  <li><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#FALSE"><code>FALSE</code></a> </li>
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                The default value is <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryRequest.Options#FALSE"><code>FALSE</code></a>.
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            The default value is an empty <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Map.html" title="class or interface in java.util" className="external-link"><code>Map</code></a>.
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          <div className="dt">Returns:</div>
          <div className="dd"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DeleteDirectoryResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol"><code>Response</code></a> object containing the results of the operation.</div>
          <div className="dt">Throws:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></code> - if an error occurs during the operation.</div>
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