Where do I put a FileSystemWatcher in my mvc application?

Question

We have an asp.net mvc application that we would like to integrate a FileSystemWatcher with. I have seen many good examples on how to implement the FileSystemWatcher but I don't really know where to put it in my application. It seems like it should be started with the application. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Set it up in your Application_Start(). One of the best examples would be setting up log4net with ConfigureAndWatch(), which internally uses a FileSystemWatcher. Example:

log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch(new FileInfo(Server.MapPath("/log4net.config")))