Index: Lib/tempfile.py
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--- Lib/tempfile.py	(revision 3325)
+++ Lib/tempfile.py	(working copy)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import os
 
-__all__ = ["mktemp", "TemporaryFile", "tempdir", "gettempprefix"]
+__all__ = ["mktemp","mkdtemp" ,"TemporaryFile", "tempdir", "gettempprefix"]
 
 # Parameters that the caller may set to override the defaults
 tempdir = None
@@ -136,7 +136,19 @@
     else:
         return template
 
+def mkdtemp(suffix=""):
+    """User-callable function to create and return a unique temporary
+    directory. """ 
+    dir = gettempdir()   
+    pre = gettempprefix()
+    while 1:
+        i = _counter.get_next()
+        file = os.path.join(dir, pre + str(i) + suffix)	
+        if not os.path.exists(file):
+	    os.mkdir(file, 0700)
+            return file
 
+
 def mktemp(suffix=""):
     """User-callable function to return a unique temporary file name."""
     dir = gettempdir()