The problem is with Notepad that opens the file in exclusive mode when saving. Simply put there is no (easy) way to share a file with notepad, when you open a file in notepad, the file contents is read into an internal buffer and the file is closed when done. When you save the buffer to the file, the file is opened in exclusive mode and the file is rewritten completely, when another process has the same file open with shared read/write access, notepad fails to open the file in non-shared mode.
Willy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Greborio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 8:31 AM Subject: [DOTNET] Open file > Hi, > How to open a file in a non exclusive manner ? I need to read a file > that is edited (and saved) with notepad at the same time. The following > construct does'n work: > > fs = File.Open(logFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, > FileShare.ReadWrite); > > Thank you > Pierre > > ----------------------------------------------- > Pierre Greborio > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pierregreborio.it > ----------------------------------------------- > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
