How to capture watch folder deletion events

Question

I have a file watch directory named FileWatch

 C:\Users\MyFolder\FileWatch\Test

The FileWatch folder is the watch directory. My application is receicing all events which occur below the FileWatch directory.

However if I delete the FileWatch folder itself, no file system event is generated.

Is there any way to capture if a user deletes the FileWatch directory itself?

Answer 1

According to description of FileSystemWatcher class, events are raised when changed/deleted/created/renamed file or directory in the directory being monitored.

So, it should not be watching directory itself. It monitors only files and directories inside that directory.

Options (as stated before) - watch to directory C:\Users\MyFolder\FileWatch instead.

UPDATE: If you want to watch only for directory C:\Users\MyFolder\FileWatch\Test deletion:

string path = @"C:\Users\MyFolder\FileWatch"; // watch for parent directory
if (!Directory.Exists(path)) // verify it exists before start
    return;

FileSystemWatcher watcher = new FileSystemWatcher(path);
// set option to track directories only
watcher.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.DirectoryName;

watcher.Deleted += (o, e) =>
{
    if (e.FullPath == @"C:\Users\MyFolder\FileWatch\Test")
    {
        // If you are here, your test directory was deleted
    }
};

watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;