Guest File Manager Create Temporary Directory In Guest

Guest File Manager Create Temporary Directory In Guest

Creates a temporary directory.

Creates a new unique temporary directory for the user to use as needed. The user is responsible for removing it when it is no longer needed.

Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/GuestFileManager/{moId}/CreateTemporaryDirectoryInGuest
COPY
Path Parameters
string
moId
Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case GuestFileManager/{moId}.

string
release
Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.3.0 APIs.


Request Body
Required

Show optional properties

{
    "vm": {},
    "auth": {
        "interactiveSession": false
    },
    "prefix": "string",
    "suffix": "string"
}
{
    "vm": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "auth": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "interactiveSession": false
    },
    "prefix": "string",
    "suffix": "string",
    "directoryPath": "string"
}
vm
Required

Reference to an instance of the VirtualMachine managed object.

auth
Required

GuestAuthentication is an abstract base class for authentication in the guest.

string
prefix
Required

The prefix to be given to the new temporary directory.

string
suffix
Required

The suffix to be given to the new temporary directory.

string
directoryPath
Optional

The complete path to the directory in which to create the new directory. If unset or an empty string, a guest-specific location will be used.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

The absolute path of the temporary directory that is created.

Returns string of type(s) application/json
Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

GuestOperationsFault: if there is an error processing a guest operation.

GuestOperationsUnavailable: if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.

InvalidPowerState: if the VM is not powered on.

InvalidState: if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.

TaskInProgress: if the virtual machine is busy.

GuestPermissionDenied: if the operation fails because the guest authentication will not allow the operation.

InvalidGuestLogin: if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.

FileFault: if there is a file error in the guest operating system.

GuestComponentsOutOfDate: if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.

OperationNotSupportedByGuest: if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.

OperationDisabledByGuest: if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}