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Create any directories in the specified `path` that do not exist.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>`

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static
int
createDirectories(
    char const* path,
    bool isLeafDirectoryFlag = false);
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== Description

If the optionally specified `isLeafDirectoryFlag` is `true`, treat the final name component in `path` as a directory name, and create it. Otherwise, create only the directories leading up to the final name component. Return 0 on success, `k_ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND` if a component used as a directory in `path` exists but is not a directory, and a negative value for any other kind of error. The parameterized `STRING_TYPE` must be one of `bsl::string`, `std::string`, `std::pmr::string` (if supported), `bsl::string_view`, or `bslstl::StringRef`.

== Return Value

0 on success, `k_ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND` if a path component exists but is not a directory, and a negative value otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| 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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