Creating implementation for idiom 139 : Create temp directory

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# 139 Create temp directory

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Create a new temporary folder on filesystem, for writing.

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using System.IO;

string newDir = Path.GetTempPath() + Guid.NewGuid();
Directory.CreateDirectory(newDir);

string mkTmpDir()
{
    import std.uuid, std.file, std.path;
    string d = buildPath(tempDir, randomUUID.toString);
    if (!d.exists)
    {
        mkdir(d);
        return d;
    }
    else return null;
}

string s;
while (!s.length)
  s = mkTmpDir;

import "os"

dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")

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import System.IO.Temp

withTempDirectory $ \d -> do
  -- do something with d

const tempDir = await Deno.makeTempDir();

import java.io.File;

File folder = new File("/path/");
folder.deleteOnExit();

function createTempDir(): ?string
{
    $path = rtrim(sys_get_temp_dir(), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . mt_rand() . microtime(true);
    if (mkdir($path)) {
        return $path;
    }
    return null;
}

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uses sysutils;

var
  GUID: TGUID;
  Succes: Boolean;

begin
  CreateGUID(GUID);
  Succes := CreateDir(GetTempDir + GUIDToString(GUID));
end.

use Path::Tiny qw(tempdir);

my $path = tempdir;

import tempfile

td = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()

require 'tmpdir'

td = Dir.mktmpdir

extern crate tempdir;
use tempdir::TempDir;

let tmp = TempDir::new("prefix")?;

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