Create a temporary directory for specific steps in Jenkins pipeline

Question

Is there a Jenkins pipeline step that will create and run a block of steps in a directory?

I know that the dir step runs the steps in the block in a specific directory:

// not in /tmp/jobDir
dir ('/tmp/jobDir') {
    // these steps get run in /tmp/jobDir
}
// once again not in /tmp/jobDir

My question is if there is a step in Pipeline or in a plugin that let's me run this codeblock, but /tmp/jobDir is created at the start of the block, and is removed at the end of the block.

Something like:

// /tmp/jobDir does not exist
dir ('/tmp/jobDir') {
    // /tmp/jobDir now exists
    // these steps get run in /tmp/jobDir
}
// /tmp/jobDir has been removed

Does such a step or plugin exist?

Answer 1

My favorite solution so far:

withTempDir {
 // Do something in the dir,e.g. print the path
 echo pwd()
}

void withTempDir(Closure body) {
  // dir( pwd(tmp: true) ) { // Error: process apparently never started i
  dir( "${System.currentTimeMillis()}" ) {
    try {
      body()
    } finally {
      deleteDir()
    }
  }
}