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Create any directories in the specified `path` that do not exist&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdls&lowbar;filesystemutil&period;h&gt;`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class STRING&lowbar;TYPE&gt;
static
int
createDirectories(
    STRING&lowbar;TYPE const& path,
    bool isLeafDirectoryFlag = false);
----

== Description

Same as the overload taking `const char &ast;`&period;

== Return Value

0 on success, `k&lowbar;ERROR&lowbar;PATH&lowbar;NOT&lowbar;FOUND` if a path component exists but is not a directory, and a negative value otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *path*
| filesystem path whose missing directories are created
| *isLeafDirectoryFlag*
| whether to treat the final component as a directory and create it
|===


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