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diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod index 9afa5de9..82746a5a 100644 --- a/guestfs-actions.pod +++ b/guestfs-actions.pod @@ -1191,6 +1191,30 @@ as necessary. This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command. This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error. +=head2 guestfs_mkdtemp + + char *guestfs_mkdtemp (guestfs_h *handle, + const char *template); + +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)> + +This function returns a string, or NULL on error. +I<The caller must free the returned string after use>. + =head2 guestfs_mkfs int guestfs_mkfs (guestfs_h *handle, |