pub fn tempdir() -> Result<TempDir>
Expand description
Create a new temporary directory.
The tempdir
function creates a directory in the file system
and returns a TempDir
.
The directory will be automatically deleted when the TempDir
s
destructor is run.
§Resource Leaking
See the resource leaking docs on TempDir
.
§Errors
If the directory can not be created, Err
is returned.
§Examples
use tempfile::tempdir;
use std::fs::File;
use std::io::Write;
// Create a directory inside of `env::temp_dir()`
let tmp_dir = tempdir()?;
let file_path = tmp_dir.path().join("my-temporary-note.txt");
let mut tmp_file = File::create(file_path)?;
writeln!(tmp_file, "Brian was here. Briefly.")?;
// `tmp_dir` goes out of scope, the directory as well as
// `tmp_file` will be deleted here.
drop(tmp_file);
tmp_dir.close()?;