tmpdir.go

/*
Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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*/

package testing

import (
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
)

// MkTmpdir creates a temporary directory based upon the prefix passed in.
// If successful, it returns the temporary directory path. The directory can be
// deleted with a call to "os.RemoveAll(...)".
// In case of error, it'll return an empty string and the error.
func MkTmpdir(prefix string) (string, error) {
	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), prefix)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	return tmpDir, nil
}

// MkTmpdir does the same work as "MkTmpdir", except in case of
// errors, it'll trigger a panic.
func MkTmpdirOrDie(prefix string) string {
	tmpDir, err := MkTmpdir(prefix)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return tmpDir
}