2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/fs.h b/include/fs.h
index 2b656c9..eff266d 100644
--- a/include/fs.h
+++ b/include/fs.h
@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ char *basename(char *path);
 int rsync(const char *_args, const char *_source, const char *_destination);
 char *human_readable_size(uint64_t n);
 char *expandpath(const char *_path);
+char *spm_mkdtemp(const char *name);
+
 
 #endif //SPM_FSTREE_H
diff --git a/src/fs.c b/src/fs.c
index 2058720..ffb9135 100644
--- a/src/fs.c
+++ b/src/fs.c
@@ -468,4 +468,20 @@ char *human_readable_size(uint64_t n) {
     }
 
     return strdup(r);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a named temporary directory
+ * @param name
+ * @return success=path, failure=NULL
+ */
+char *spm_mkdtemp(const char *name) {
+    const char *template_unique = "XXXXXX";
+    char *tmpdir = NULL;
+    char *template = calloc(PATH_MAX, sizeof(char));
+
+    sprintf(template, "%s%s%s_%s", TMP_DIR, DIRSEPS, name, template_unique);
+    tmpdir = mkdtemp(template);
+    return tmpdir;
+}
+