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Append a relative filename to the end of a path.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_pathutil.h>`

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static
int
appendIfValid(
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string]* path,
    std::string_view const& filename);
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== Description

Append the specified `filename` to the end of the specified `path` if `filename` represents a relative path. Return 0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise. Note that any filesystem separator characters at the end of `filename` or `path` will be discarded. See  for the definition of separator.

== Return Value

0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *path*
| path to which `filename` is appended
| *filename*
| relative path component to append
|===


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