1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

M guix/utils.scm

@@ 30,7 30,7 @@
   #:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
   #:use-module ((rnrs io ports) #:select (put-bytevector))
   #:use-module ((guix build utils) #:select (dump-port))
-  #:use-module ((guix build syscalls) #:select (errno))
+  #:use-module ((guix build syscalls) #:select (errno mkdtemp!))
   #:use-module (ice-9 vlist)
   #:use-module (ice-9 format)
   #:autoload   (ice-9 popen)  (open-pipe*)


@@ 77,6 77,7 @@
             file-extension
             file-sans-extension
             call-with-temporary-output-file
+            call-with-temporary-directory
             with-atomic-file-output
             fold2
             fold-tree


@@ 652,6 653,19 @@ call."
         (false-if-exception (close out))
         (false-if-exception (delete-file template))))))
 
+(define (call-with-temporary-directory proc)
+  "Call PROC with a name of a temporary directory; close the directory and
+delete it when leaving the dynamic extent of this call."
+  (let* ((directory (or (getenv "TMPDIR") "/tmp"))
+         (template  (string-append directory "/guix-directory.XXXXXX"))
+         (tmp-dir   (mkdtemp! template)))
+    (dynamic-wind
+      (const #t)
+      (lambda ()
+        (proc tmp-dir))
+      (lambda ()
+        (false-if-exception (rmdir tmp-dir))))))
+
 (define (with-atomic-file-output file proc)
   "Call PROC with an output port for the file that is going to replace FILE.
 Upon success, FILE is atomically replaced by what has been written to the