How to create a temporary directory in C++?

Question

I\'m writing a function in C++ which creates a temporary directory. Such function should be as most portable as possible, e.g. it should work under linux, mac and win32 envi

Answer 1

Boost's Filesystem library provides platform-independent directory functions. It will increase your program size a bit, but using Boost is often better (and often easier) than rolling your own.

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_43_0/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm