Ongoing file read

[Lilith]

I'm wondering if C#/.Net would have provisions for the followng. I
have an outside application that generates a text file ongoing. I'd
like to be able to open the file and read it into a stream that
updates/appends whenever something is added to the end of the file.
Ultimately I want to scan the file/stream as it's built for
indications of problems with the system and have an email sent to me
notifying me of the potential problem. If possible I'd also like to
be able to detect when the other application has closed the file,
though I doubt this is a possibility.

Thanks,
Lilith

 

[Cor Ligthert[MVP]]

Lilith,

Have a look at the file watcher,

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.filesystemwatcher.aspx

However be aware that the behaviour of a text file is that you read it from
begin to end (although you can append to that end) for reading the last rows
you need a random file. (Or just a simple database table).

Cor

 

[Lilith]

I may be able to handle that. I should be able to maintain an offset
from the last read and seek to that point on the next read.

Thanks,
Lilith