tempdir
=======
A Rust library for creating a temporary directory and deleting its entire
contents when the directory is dropped.
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[Documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/tempdir)
## Deprecation Note
The `tempdir` crate is being merged into [`tempfile`](https://github.com/Stebalien/tempfile). Please see [this issue](https://github.com/Stebalien/tempfile/issues/43) to track progress and direct new issues and pull requests to `tempfile`.
## Usage
Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
[dependencies]
tempdir = "0.3"
```
and this to your crate root:
```rust
extern crate tempdir;
```
## Example
This sample method does the following:
1. Create a temporary directory in the default location with the given prefix.
2. Determine a file path in the directory and print it out.
3. Create a file inside the temp folder.
4. Write to the file and sync it to disk.
5. Close the directory, deleting the contents in the process.
```rust
use std::io::{self, Write};
use std::fs::File;
use tempdir::TempDir;
fn write_temp_folder_with_files() -> io::Result<()> {
let dir = TempDir::new("my_directory_prefix")?;
let file_path = dir.path().join("foo.txt");
println!("{:?}", file_path);
let mut f = File::create(file_path)?;
f.write_all(b"Hello, world!")?;
f.sync_all()?;
dir.close()?;
Ok(())
}
```
**Note:** Closing the directory is actually optional, as it would be done on
drop. The benefit of closing here is that it allows possible errors to be
handled.