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# kinetica.CreateDirectoryRequest

> kinetica.CreateDirectoryRequest — Kinetica C# API

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    <p>A set of parameters for <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1Kinetica/createdirectory#a200dad0ad8c6f994e828e29058102732">Kinetica.createDirectory</a>. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>

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        <td className="mdescRight">Constructs a <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest" title="A set of parameters for Kinetica.createDirectory.">CreateDirectoryRequest</a> object with default parameters. <br /></td>
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        <td className="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a className="el" href="#aa86def35d6d88c42a1dd58286ff9a5a5">CreateDirectoryRequest</a> (string <a className="el" href="#acc558f01e5d3b2c412db3c1dc5850226">directory\_name</a>, IDictionary\< string, string > <a className="el" href="#a94120bde6d3bb6404c82d332b17867c0">options</a>=null)</td>
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        <td className="mdescRight">Constructs a <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest" title="A set of parameters for Kinetica.createDirectory.">CreateDirectoryRequest</a> object with the specified parameters. <br /></td>
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        <td className="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1KineticaData#a6a494237f126f79a7f478b7614323482">KineticaData</a> (<a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1KineticaType">KineticaType</a> type)</td>
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        <td className="mdescRight">Constructor from <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1Kinetica" title="API to talk to Kinetica Database.">Kinetica</a> Type. <br /></td>
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      <p>A set of parameters for <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1Kinetica/createdirectory#a200dad0ad8c6f994e828e29058102732">Kinetica.createDirectory</a>. </p>
      <p>Creates a new directory in <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a>. The new directory serves as a location in which the user can upload files using <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1Kinetica/uploadfiles#aa2236808ac435d52ef3ac560cd210ce4">Kinetica.uploadFiles</a>. </p>
      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs#L19">19</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs">CreateDirectory.cs</a>.</p>
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        <p>Constructs a <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest" title="A set of parameters for Kinetica.createDirectory.">CreateDirectoryRequest</a> object with default parameters. </p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs#L121">121</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs">CreateDirectory.cs</a>.</p>
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        <p>Constructs a <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest" title="A set of parameters for Kinetica.createDirectory.">CreateDirectoryRequest</a> object with the specified parameters. </p>

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                    <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a36fde2b27560bf951502c6bf15e864d7">CREATE\_HOME\_DIRECTORY</a>: When set, a home directory is created for the user name provided in the value. The <span className="em">directory\_name</span> must be an empty string in this case. The user must exist. </li>
                    <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#af7836dec4c9900e9ea014c023978b77b">DATA\_LIMIT</a>: The maximum capacity, in bytes, to apply to the created directory. Set to -1 to indicate no upper limit. If empty, the system default limit is applied. </li>

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                      <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#aba768d32002b40ef872a43106a19454b">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_EXISTS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a2b636bf67846dd98d2c63c503c2941e7">TRUE</a>, does not return an error if the directory already exists. Supported values:

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                        <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a2b636bf67846dd98d2c63c503c2941e7">TRUE</a> </li>
                        <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a55c83cb063738dfaa0cb8d0dd093f595">FALSE</a> </li>
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                      The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a55c83cb063738dfaa0cb8d0dd093f595">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/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs#L173">173</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs">CreateDirectory.cs</a>.</p>
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        <p>Name of the directory in KiFS to be created. </p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs#L70">70</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs">CreateDirectory.cs</a>.</p>
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        <p>Optional parameters. </p>

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          <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a36fde2b27560bf951502c6bf15e864d7">CREATE\_HOME\_DIRECTORY</a>: When set, a home directory is created for the user name provided in the value. The <a className="el" href="#acc558f01e5d3b2c412db3c1dc5850226" title="Name of the directory in KiFS to be created.">CreateDirectoryRequest.directory\_name</a> must be an empty string in this case. The user must exist. </li>
          <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#af7836dec4c9900e9ea014c023978b77b">DATA\_LIMIT</a>: The maximum capacity, in bytes, to apply to the created directory. Set to -1 to indicate no upper limit. If empty, the system default limit is applied. </li>

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            <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#aba768d32002b40ef872a43106a19454b">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_EXISTS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a2b636bf67846dd98d2c63c503c2941e7">TRUE</a>, does not return an error if the directory already exists. Supported values:

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              <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a2b636bf67846dd98d2c63c503c2941e7">TRUE</a> </li>
              <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a55c83cb063738dfaa0cb8d0dd093f595">FALSE</a> </li>
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            The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1CreateDirectoryRequest_1_1Options#a55c83cb063738dfaa0cb8d0dd093f595">FALSE</a>.
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        <p>The default value is an empty Dictionary.</p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs#L117">117</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs">CreateDirectory.cs</a>.</p>
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      <li>Kinetica/Protocol/<a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Protocol/CreateDirectory.cs">CreateDirectory.cs</a></li>
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