Private/New-TemporaryDirectory.ps1
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function New-TemporaryDirectory { <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a new temporary directory in the user's temp folder. .DESCRIPTION Creates a new directory inside $env:TEMP with a random name and returns a System.IO.DirectoryInfo object for the new directory. Handles errors and supports ShouldProcess for confirmation. .EXAMPLE $TempDirPath = New-TemporaryDirectory Creates a new temporary directory and returns its DirectoryInfo object. .NOTES Author: BladeFireLight #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] [OutputType([System.IO.DirectoryInfo])] Param ( ) #return [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory((Join-Path $env:Temp -Ch ([System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName().split('.')[0]))) Begin { try { if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($env:temp)) { $tempDirPath = [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory((Join-Path -Path $env:temp -ChildPath ([System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName().split('.')[0]))) } } catch { $errorRecord = [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]::new($_.Exception, 'NewTemporaryDirectoryWriteError', 'WriteError', $env:temp) Write-Error -ErrorRecord $errorRecord return } if ($tempDirPath) { Get-Item -Path $env:temp\$tempDirPath } } } |