From d3829af9e487dc0a33ff7c1caf7f79ddfcabe32f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clayton Craft <clayton@craftyguy.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:05:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] main: use a temporary work dir for writing archives into

post-processing/installation will be handled by an external app, so
use a temp work dir for the external app to work out of when it is
invoked
---
 main.go | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0d24566..8bfcc6a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -52,14 +52,21 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	// temporary working dir
+	workDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "mkinitfs")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Unable to create temporary work directory:", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(workDir)
+
 	log.Print("Generating for kernel version: ", kernVer)
 	log.Print("Output directory: ", outDir)
 
-	if err := generateInitfs("initramfs", outDir, kernVer, devinfo); err != nil {
+	if err := generateInitfs("initramfs", workDir, kernVer, devinfo); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if err := generateInitfsExtra("initramfs-extra", outDir, devinfo); err != nil {
+	if err := generateInitfsExtra("initramfs-extra", workDir, devinfo); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
@@ -482,7 +489,6 @@ func getKernelVersion() (string, error) {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(string(contents)), nil
 }
 
-
 func generateInitfs(name string, path string, kernVer string, devinfo deviceinfo.DeviceInfo) error {
 	initfsArchive, err := archive.New()
 	if err != nil {