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# /alter/directory

```
URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/alter/directory
```

Alters an existing directory in [KiFS](../../tools/kifs/).

## Input Parameter Description

<ParamField body="directory_name" type="string">
  Name of the directory in KiFS to be altered.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="directory_updates_map" type="map of string to strings">
  Map containing the properties of the directory to be altered. Error if empty.

  <Expandable title="directory_updates_map">
    <ParamField body="data_limit">
      The maximum capacity, in bytes, to apply to the directory. Set to -1 to indicate no upper limit.
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="options" type="map of string to strings">
  Optional parameters.

  The default value is an empty map ( \{} ).
</ParamField>

## Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query.  Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:

<ResponseField name="status" type="String">
  'OK' or 'ERROR'
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="message" type="String">
  Empty if success or an error message
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data_type" type="String">
  'alter\_directory\_response' or 'none' in case of an error
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data" type="String">
  Empty string
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data_str" type="JSON or String">
  This embedded JSON represents the result of the /alter/directory endpoint:

  <Expandable title="data_str">
    <ResponseField name="directory_name" type="string">
      Value of input parameter *directory\_name*.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="info" type="map of string to strings">
      Additional information.
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>

  Empty string in case of an error.
</ResponseField>