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Create a new temporary directory with a name based on `prefix`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>`

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static
int
createTemporaryDirectory(
    std::pmr::string* outPath,
    std::string_view const& prefix);
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== Description

Same as the overload taking `bsl::string *`.

== Return Value

0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *outPath*
| receives the path of the created directory
| *prefix*
| prefix of the generated directory name
|===


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