illustrates the FileSystemWatcher class

   

/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy

Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/

 /*
  Example15_9.cs illustrates the FileSystemWatcher class
*/

using System;
using System.IO;

public class Example15_9 
{

  // event handler for file change
  public static void OnChanged(object source, FileSystemEventArgs e) 
  {
    // dump info to the screen
    Console.WriteLine("Change to " + e.FullPath + ": " +
     e.ChangeType);
  }

  public static void Main() 
  {

    // create a watcher for the c: drive
    FileSystemWatcher fsw = new FileSystemWatcher("c:");
    fsw.IncludeSubdirectories = true;

    // hook up the event handler
    fsw.Changed += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnChanged);

    // turn on file watching
    fsw.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
    
    // And wait for the user to quit
    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit");
    int i = Console.Read();

  }

}