How to avoid from The process cannot access the file XXX.XXX because it is being used by another process

Question

I transfer file from computer to computer Through a WebService.

After the file was transfer I need to read its size.

When I try to read the file size I get:

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

What can I do to avoid this error?

i read the file like this:

 LocalFileSize = File.Open(TermSendName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read).Length.ToString();

how to close this ?

Please post your current code - you are leaving a handle to the file open, and we need to know where it is. — RB., Aug 10 '11 at 07:29
Did you try to use FileInfo.Length property http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.fileinfo.length.aspx. I think it should work with open files. — Santhosh, Aug 10 '11 at 07:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '11 at 07:31

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I guess that you are using a FileStream to read the file.

Close the stream when the transfer has completed.

answered Aug 10 '11 at 07:31

jgauffin

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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Please check the following Stack Overflow link, I faced the same issue and got fixed here:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

Community

answered Aug 02 '16 at 19:17

Shashikant

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 10 '11 at 08:03

Try this

FileStream stream = File.Open(TermSendName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

LocalFileSize = stream.Length.ToString();

stream.Close();

If you only want to get length of file you can also do something like

FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo(fileName);
string size = fileInfo.Length.ToString();

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