# Copyright 2012 Aaron Jensen
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function New-TempDir
{
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Creates a new temporary directory with a random name.
    
    .DESCRIPTION
    A new temporary directory is created in the current users temporary directory.  The directory's name is created using the `Path` class's [GetRandomFileName method](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.path.getrandomfilename.aspx).
    
    .LINK
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.path.getrandomfilename.aspx
    
    .EXAMPLE
    New-TempDir

    Returns the path to a temporary directory with a random name.    
    #>
    $tmpPath = [IO.Path]::GetTempPath()
    $newTmpDirName = [IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName()
    New-Item (Join-Path $tmpPath $newTmpDirName) -Type directory
}