FileSystemWatcher Problems

[Jody L. Whitlock]

Okay, so I'm getting a little confused at this. Why does the
FileSystemWatcher fire 2 events for everything? For instance, I'm
having it watch a file for when it is changed, and this event get's
fired twice. How do I stop that from happening?

Thanks,
Jody W

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Okay, so I'm getting a little confused at this. Why does the
FileSystemWatcher fire 2 events for everything? For instance, I'm
having it watch a file for when it is changed, and this event get's
fired twice. How do I stop that from happening?

This behavior is by design. Changes can consist of multiple changes even if
they appear to be a single change.

 

[Michael D. Ober]

That's what the underlying API reports. When you use the API directly, it's
even messier - you have to test every single event to see if it's for the
file (template) you're interested in and then turn the API back on.

Mike.