Add mkdtemp command.

2 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/daemon/dir.c b/daemon/dir.c
index 83536ef5..753323d1 100644
--- a/daemon/dir.c
+++ b/daemon/dir.c
@@ -201,3 +201,33 @@ do_is_dir (char *path)
 
   return S_ISDIR (buf.st_mode);
 }
+
+char *
+do_mkdtemp (char *template)
+{
+  char *r;
+
+  NEED_ROOT (NULL);
+  ABS_PATH (template, NULL);
+
+  CHROOT_IN;
+  r = mkdtemp (template);
+  CHROOT_OUT;
+
+  if (r == NULL) {
+    reply_with_perror ("mkdtemp: %s", template);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  /* The caller will free template AND try to free the return value,
+   * so we must make a copy here.
+   */
+  if (r == template) {
+    r = strdup (template);
+    if (r == NULL) {
+      reply_with_perror ("strdup");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+  return r;
+}
diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index 51d32357..e378395a 100755
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -2442,6 +2442,28 @@ containing C<dir>.
 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program.  See that
 manual page for more details.");
 
+  ("mkdtemp", (RString "dir", [String "template"]), 117, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
+      [["mkdir"; "/tmp"];
+       ["mkdtemp"; "/tmp/tmpXXXXXX"]])],
+   "create a temporary directory",
+   "\
+This command creates a temporary directory.  The
+C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
+temporary directory with the six characters being
+\"XXXXXX\".
+
+For example: \"/tmp/tmpXXXXXX\" or \"/Temp/tmpXXXXXX\",
+the second one being suitable for Windows.
+
+The name of the temporary directory that was created
+is returned.
+
+The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
+directory and its contents after use.
+
+See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>");
+
 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions