Edit Directory

FRAMES | NO FRAMES

Description | Parameters | Example

URL:	`http://server:port/arcgis/admin/system/directories/<dir>/edit`
HTTP Method:	POST
Parent Resource:	Server Directory
Required Privileges:	Administrator

Description

The server directory's edit operation allows you to change the path and clean up properties of the directory. This operation updates the GIS service configurations (and points them to the new path) that are using this directory, causing them to restart. It is therefore recommended that any edit to the server directories be performed when the server is not under load.

This operation is mostly used when growing a single machine site to a multiple machine site configuration, which requires that the server directories and configuration store be put on a network-accessible file share.

Note:

You cannot edit the properties of UPLOADS, KML, INDEX, JOBREGISTRY and INPUT directory types. These types are maintained internally by the server under the umbrella of the SYSTEM directory type.
GIS services that reference server directories in their configuration are updated automatically and then restarted.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
physicalPath	The absolute physical path of the server directory
cleanupMode	Defines if files in the server directory needs to be cleaned up. The default is NONE.
maxFileAge	Defines how long a file in the directory needs to be kept before it is deleted
description	An optional description for the server directory
f	The response format. The default response format is html. Values: html \| json

Example

			
	http://server:port/arcgis/admin/system/directories/arcgisjobs/edit
	physicalPath=\\server\arcgisserver\arcgisoutput
	description=A shared output directory for mult-node server.
	cleanupMode=TIME_ELAPSED_SINCE_LAST_MODIFIED
	maxFileAge=360