I posted a question here but deleted it after I found a rather tedious solution
I am trying to write an app that can monitor multiple folders. I looked at the following solutions: FIleSystemWatcher multiple folders (Dynamically) Create multiple instances of the same FileSystemWatcher Monitor multiple folders using FileSystemWatcher
I tried all their solutions. But what would happen is that it only worked for local folders. Not network drives.
My last implementation was a combination of all three:
public static void StartMultipleWatchers(string path)
{
string[] paths = path.Split(',');
foreach (string folderPath in paths)
{
try
{
string folderPathtrim = folderPath.Trim();
WatchFile(folderPathtrim);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Logger.Error(ex);
}
}
}
private static void WatchFile(string monitoredDir)
{
FileSystemWatcher fsw = new FileSystemWatcher(monitoredDir, "*.gz");
fsw.Changed += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnChanged);
fsw.Created += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnCreated);
fsw.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
fsw.IncludeSubdirectories = true;
Logger.Info($"Started loop Monitor of Folder: {monitoredDir}");
}
private static void OnCreated(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo(e.FullPath);
string value = $"Created: {e.FullPath}";
Logger.Info(value);
}
Again this solution only worked for local folder. Or if I only made one watcher that watched one network folder.
Then I tried this very tedious solution:
public static void TestManualWatchers()
{
var fsw1 = new FileSystemWatcher(@"\\lap.org.com\tool_data_odp_ws\metrology\CIM\DATA_READY\");
var fsw2 = new FileSystemWatcher(@"C:\TestPath\");
fsw1.Changed += OnChanged;
fsw1.Created += OnCreated;
fsw1.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
fsw1.IncludeSubdirectories = true;
fsw2.Changed += OnChanged;
fsw2.Created += OnCreated;
fsw2.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
fsw2.IncludeSubdirectories = true;
Logger.Info($"Started watching manual double files");
}
Where I manually create each watcher and it's own properties. What is the difference between this tedious way and the dynamic above?
Is there a way to actually dynamically create individual watchers?