Checking if the file is "in use" by another process

Asked Feb 16 '18 at 14:35

Active Feb 16 '18 at 14:52

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I display the files in a directory with Directory.GetFiles() and then,

Dim readText() As String = File.ReadAllLines(file)

But I have an error that says:

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

Do you know how to check if a file is already used by a process?

I'm looking for a one-line solution.

edited Feb 16 '18 at 14:52

Sunil

asked Feb 16 '18 at 14:35

Elddif

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Use a try-catch. – LarsTech Feb 16 '18 at 14:38
@Cal-cium - not a dupe; the proposed duplicate is for a case where the user _wants_ it to throw an error, and it wasn't. It _is_ relevant, however. – Jeff Zeitlin Feb 16 '18 at 14:44
it works with try catch thanks, – Elddif Feb 16 '18 at 14:49

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