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How to set timeout feature for FileSystemWatcher?

Apologies if this question is too simple, I am new to the subject.

I am creating a few files, and need to wait until they are completed OR until some period of time has elapsed (this is what I call the timeout).

FileSystemWatcher is perfect for "wait until they are completed", but I cannot see a parameter that would govern its life span.

Using Tread.Sleep seems to defeat the purpose (?) - if its usage were correct, FileSystemWatcher would not exist, we would just Tread.Sleep while !File.Exists.

So, what is the easiest right way to implement it? Thanks.

Solution

  • FileSystemWatcher.WaitForChanged Method

    MSDN syas

    A synchronous method that returns a structure that contains specific information on the change that occurred, given the type of change you want to monitor and the time (in milliseconds) to wait before timing out.