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Create a new temporary directory with a name based on `prefix`&period;

== Synopsis

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

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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static
int
createTemporaryDirectory(
    std::string* outPath,
    std::string&lowbar;view const& prefix);
----

== Description

Same as the overload taking `bsl&colon;&colon;string &ast;`&period;

== Return Value

0 on success, and a non&hyphen;zero value otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *outPath*
| receives the path of the created directory
| *prefix*
| prefix of the generated directory name
|===


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