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marc.gibian
I am writing a simple C# application to read some files in an FTP drop
directory. Occasionally the program will attempt to open a file that is
in the process of being written. FileStream will throw an exception if
the file is busy while its constructor is attempting to open it. I
would prefer to simply make some form of call that will test if the
file is locked/busy, and if so wait until it is unlocked or a maximum
time period has elapsed. All of the solutions I've found thus far use a
poll loop, retrying the FileStream constructor, or File.Open method. I
would really prefer not to use this solution, but can't find a more
direct solution.
directory. Occasionally the program will attempt to open a file that is
in the process of being written. FileStream will throw an exception if
the file is busy while its constructor is attempting to open it. I
would prefer to simply make some form of call that will test if the
file is locked/busy, and if so wait until it is unlocked or a maximum
time period has elapsed. All of the solutions I've found thus far use a
poll loop, retrying the FileStream constructor, or File.Open method. I
would really prefer not to use this solution, but can't find a more
direct solution.