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

I love one liners if possible. @alroc .NET also has [System.Guid]::NewGuid()

$temp = [System.Guid]::NewGuid();new-item -type directory -Path d:\$temp

Directory: D:\


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name                                                                                                                        
----                -------------     ------ ----                                                                                                                        
d----          1/2/2016  11:47 AM            9f4ef43a-a72a-4d54-9ba4-87a926906948