Create a temporary directory in PowerShell?

Question

PowerShell 5 introduces the New-TemporaryFile cmdlet, which is handy. How can I do the same thing but instead of a file create a directory? Is there a New-TemporaryDirec

Answer 1

Here's my attempt:

function New-TemporaryDirectory {
    $path = Join-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) ([System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName())

    #if/while path already exists, generate a new path
    while(Test-Path $path)) {
        $path = Join-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) ([System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName())
    }

    #create directory with generated path
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $path
}