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FileSystemWatcher Events in IDE

FileSystemWatcher provide us different kind of events from changed to deleted. I was wondering why I'm getting deleted event whenever I used visual studio 2005 to edit a file and changed event if I'm using notepad or notepad++ and other editor?

Solution

  • Standard operation for programs that want to avoid losing everything:

    1. Rename original file
    2. Create new file with original name
    3. Write and close file
    4. No problems: delete file from step 1

    If something goes wrong, the renamed file is restored. Your other editor would corrupt the original if something goes wrong while writing.