Reading a file as long as it is open by another process
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From: Bert Hyman on 13 May 2010 09:18 In news:4beb5d4e$0$286$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk Arne Vajh�j <arne(a)vajhoej.dk> wrote: > On 11-05-2010 03:39, Peter Duniho wrote: >> Udi wrote: >>> The file is a given fact. It is created and written by a third party >>> application. >>> So unless there's a way to treat the file as a named pipe, >>> i guess i'm stuck with saving the position between the calls? >> >> As Arne says, you could look at the "modified" time stamp for the >> file. > > It was the length not the timestamp I suggested looking at. Wander around your favorite Web search engine and find the source code for the tried-and-true *NIX "tail" application. It does what you want except for the part of monitoring when the writing application closes the file. Translating it to C# should be a straightforward process. -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert(a)iphouse.com |