C#: Wait till a file is free for renaming

[Chanjal]

Hi,

I need to rename a file. But it is been opened by another program, so i cannot rename it. Does anybody know how to wait till that file is inaccessed or free from that program?

Thanks in advance,
Chang.

[kenobewan]

Hi,

I need to rename a file. But it is been opened by another program, so i cannot rename it. Does anybody know how to wait till that file is inaccessed or free from that program?

Thanks in advance,
Chang.

Gee you could be waiting a long time, have you tried using threads?

[Chanjal]

Gee you could be waiting a long time, have you tried using threads?

I didnt get a logic to what to wait for if even using a thread. I tried FileSystemWatch er but it didnt help though. It just throws event if any change happens but not look whether it is been used by any other process.

[kenobewan]

I didnt get a logic to what to wait for if even using a thread. I tried FileSystemWatch er but it didnt help though. It just throws event if any change happens but not look whether it is been used by any other process.

I was thinking your code tries to execute a rename, then you treat this process as a thread. Try searching the site as the topic of locked files has come up before.