rust/src/libstd/tempfile.rs

/*
Module: tempfile

Temporary files and directories
*/

import core::option;
import fs;
import option::{none, some};
import rand;

/*
Function: mkdtemp
*/
fn mkdtemp(prefix: str, suffix: str) -> option::t<str> {
    let r = rand::mk_rng();
    let i = 0u;
    while (i < 1000u) {
        let s = prefix + r.gen_str(16u) + suffix;
        if fs::make_dir(s, 0x1c0i32) {  // FIXME: u+rwx
            ret some(s);
        }
        i += 1u;
    }
    ret none;
}