How to track changes in a specified folder on c#

Question

I need the following for adding and removing files and folders.
I need to watch for changes in files and folders.
All actions must be recursively.

How to do it all on c#?

FileSystemWatcher allows all of this? Give me simple example please — Basil, Feb 06 '14 at 20:25
@Basil Google it. There has been no effort shown on this question, just a request for the community to write your code. I suggest researching your task, attempting it and *if* you have difficulties, post a new question containing the code and the relevant question. — Robert H, Feb 06 '14 at 20:27
I answered the question but I agree with @Basil you should do a quick search and try few things before asking a question. — AR5HAM, Feb 06 '14 at 20:42
possible duplicate of [C# FileSystemWatcher, How to know file copied completely into the watch folder](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4277991/c-sharp-filesystemwatcher-how-to-know-file-copied-completely-into-the-watch-fol) — Andrei Sfat, Feb 06 '14 at 20:46

AR5HAM · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-06T23:21:00.907

Use

 FileSystemWatcher

Here is a simple code example watching for created file:

public void Watcher()
{
    //Create a new FileSystemWatcher.
    FileSystemWatcher watcher = new FileSystemWatcher();

    //Set the filter to only catch TXT files.
    watcher.Filter = "*.txt";

    //Subscribe to the Created event.
    //Created Occurs when a file or directory in the specified Path is created.
    //You can change this based on what you are trying to do.
    watcher.Created += new FileSystemEventHandler(YOUR_EVENT_HANDLER);

    //Set the path to you want to monitor
    watcher.Path = @"C:\PATH\";

    //Enable the FileSystemWatcher events.
    watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
}

Change newFileSystemWatcher to new FileSystemWatcher – Basil Feb 06 '14 at 21:22 — Basil, Feb 06 '14 at 21:22

How to track changes in a specified folder on c#

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