⚠ Deprecated: Legacy
Suggested alternative: D2Phap.FileWatcherEx
A wrapper of FileSystemWatcher to standardize the events and avoid false change notifications, used in ImageGlass project (https://imageglass.org). This project is based on the VSCode FileWatcher: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-filewatcher-windows.
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$ dotnet add package FileWatcherExReadme
FileWatcherEx for Windows
A wrapper of System.IO.FileSystemWatcher to standardize the events and avoid false change notifications. It has been being used in ImageGlass - A lightweight, versatile image viewer project.
This project is based on the VSCode FileWatcher: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-filewatcher-windows
Resource links
- Nuget package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/FileWatcherEx
- Project url: https://github.com/d2phap/FileWatcherEx
- Website: https://imageglass.org
Features
- Standardizes the events of
System.IO.FileSystemWatcher. - No false change notifications when a file system item is created, deleted, changed or renamed.
- Supports .NET 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Installation
Run the command:
# Nuget package
Install-Package FileWatcherEx
Usage
See Demo project for full details!
using FileWatcherEx;
var _fw = new FileSystemWatcherEx(@"C:\path\to\watch");
// event handlers
_fw.OnRenamed += FW_OnRenamed;
_fw.OnCreated += FW_OnCreated;
_fw.OnDeleted += FW_OnDeleted;
_fw.OnChanged += FW_OnChanged;
_fw.OnError += FW_OnError;
// thread-safe for event handlers
_fw.SynchronizingObject = this;
// start watching
_fw.Start();
void FW_OnRenamed(object sender, FileChangedEvent e)
{
// do something here
}
...
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