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Create a private directory with the specified `path`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>`

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static
int
createPrivateDirectory(char const* path);
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== Description

Return 0 on success, `k_ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND` if a component used as a directory in `path` either does not exist or is not a directory, `k_ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS` if the file system entry (not necessarily a directory) with the name `path` already exists, and a negative value for any other kind of error. The directory is created with permissions restricting access, as closely as possible, to the caller's userid only. Note that directories created on Microsoft Windows may receive default, not restricted permissions. 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` or `k_ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS` as described above, and a negative value otherwise

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *path*
| filesystem path of the directory to create
|===


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