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# DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY

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Downloads all *files* under a [directory](/content/tools/kifs_api#kifs-directory) in
[KiFS](/content/tools/kifs) into a local directory.

<Info>
  This command is only available through
  [KiSQL](/content/tools/kisql) or database clients configured with
  the [Kinetica JDBC driver](/content/connectors/sql_guide#odbc-jdbc).
</Info>

```sql title="DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY Syntax" theme={null}
DOWNLOAD [DIRECTORY] <kifs directory>
INTO '<local directory>'
```

## Parameters

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="DIRECTORY" id="directory" defaultOpen>
    Optional keyword for clarity.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="<kifs directory>" id="<kifs-directory>" defaultOpen>
    *KiFS directory* whose contained *files* will be downloaded to the local file system.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="<local directory>" id="<local-directory>" defaultOpen>
    Local directory path into which files will be downloaded.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Examples

To download all *files* in a *KiFS directory* to a local directory,
`/tmp`:

```sql DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY Example theme={null}
DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY 'kdata'
INTO '/tmp'
```


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