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class method

Pathname.mktmpdir

Pathname.mktmpdir → new_pathname

Pathname.mktmpdir {|pathname| ... } → object

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/lib/pathname.rb, line 147
def self.mktmpdir
  require 'tmpdir' unless defined?(Dir.mktmpdir)
  if block_given?
    Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
      dir = self.new(dir)
      yield dir
    end
  else
    self.new(Dir.mktmpdir)
  end
end

Creates:

A temporary directory via Dir.mktmpdir.
A Pathname object that contains the path to that directory.

With no block given, returns the created pathname; the caller should delete the created directory when it is no longer needed (FileUtils.rm_r is a convenient method for the deletion):

Example

pathname = Pathname.mktmpdir
dirpath = pathname.to_s
Dir.exist?(dirpath) # => true
# Do something with the directory.
require 'fileutils'
FileUtils.rm_r(dirpath)

With a block given, calls the block with the created pathname; on block exit, automatically deletes the created directory and all its contents; returns the block’s exit value:

Example

pathname = Pathname.mktmpdir do |p|
  # Do something with the directory.
  p
end
Dir.exist?(pathname.to_s) # => false

See also .glob .new .getwd .pwd also in 4.0 · 3.4

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