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Outputs the DDL statement required to reconstruct one or all KiFS directories.
SHOW DIRECTORY Syntax
Only one directory can be named; a comma-separated list will return an error. To output a directory’s detail instead of its DDL, see LIST DIRECTORY.

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Parameters

<directory name>

Name of the existing directory whose DDL will be output. Use *, or omit the name entirely, to output the DDL of all directories.

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Response

The response to SHOW DIRECTORY is a single-column result set:

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Examples

To output the DDL for a directory, kdata:
SHOW DIRECTORY Example
SHOW DIRECTORY Output
To output the DDL for all directories:
SHOW DIRECTORIES (All Directories) Example
The DDL for a home directory is emitted with an empty directory name, the owning user being given in a create_home_directory option instead.