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+/**
+ * Copyright © 2024 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "temporary_subdirectory.hpp"
+
+#include <errno.h>  // for errno
+#include <stdlib.h> // for mkdtemp()
+#include <string.h> // for strerror()
+
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace phosphor::power::util
+{
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+TemporarySubDirectory::TemporarySubDirectory()
+{
+    // Build template path required by mkdtemp()
+    std::string templatePath = fs::temp_directory_path() /
+                               "phosphor-power-XXXXXX";
+
+    // Generate unique subdirectory name and create it.  The XXXXXX characters
+    // are replaced by mkdtemp() to make the subdirectory name unique.
+    char* retVal = mkdtemp(templatePath.data());
+    if (retVal == nullptr)
+    {
+        throw std::runtime_error{
+            std::string{"Unable to create temporary subdirectory: "} +
+            strerror(errno)};
+    }
+
+    // Store path to temporary subdirectory
+    path = templatePath;
+}
+
+TemporarySubDirectory&
+    TemporarySubDirectory::operator=(TemporarySubDirectory&& subdirectory)
+{
+    // Verify not assigning object to itself (a = std::move(a))
+    if (this != &subdirectory)
+    {
+        // Delete temporary subdirectory owned by this object
+        remove();
+
+        // Move subdirectory path from other object, transferring ownership
+        path = std::move(subdirectory.path);
+
+        // Clear path in other object; after move path is in unspecified state
+        subdirectory.path.clear();
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+void TemporarySubDirectory::remove()
+{
+    if (!path.empty())
+    {
+        // Delete temporary subdirectory from file system
+        fs::remove_all(path);
+
+        // Clear path to indicate subdirectory has been deleted
+        path.clear();
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace phosphor::power::util