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c#directoryfilesystemwatcherdatecreated
velvt
velvt

Reputation: 153

Look for file in folder, get & compare latest date created in c#

I need monitor a folder, see if a file or files has been uploaded. And then I need to get the created date & time of the latest file that has been uploaded and see whether the time creation of the file has been more than 30 minutes from the current time. I have used the FileSystemWatcher to monitor the folder but how should I proceed for finding and comparing the latest file with current time.

private void watch()
{
  FileSystemWatcher watcher = new FileSystemWatcher();
  watcher.Path = path;
  watcher.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.LastWrite;
  NotifyFilters.DirectoryName;
  watcher.Filter = "*.*";
  watcher.Changed += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnChanged);
  watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
}

Private void OnChanged(object source, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
  //Copies file to another directory.
}

How shall I do that in c#. Please help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2868

Answers (2)

Zein Makki
Zein Makki

Reputation: 30022

From your comments, i can't really see why you need to use FileSystemWatcher. You say you have a scheduled task every 1 hour that needs to check a directory for creation time of files. So in that task, just do the below:

// Change @"C:\" to your upload directory
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\");

var oldestFile = files.OrderBy(path => File.GetCreationTime(path)).FirstOrDefault();
if (oldestFile != null)
{
    var oldestDate = File.GetCreationTime(oldestFile);

    if (DateTime.Now.Subtract(oldestDate).TotalMinutes > 30)
    {
        // Do Something
    }
}

To Filter specific files, use the overload :

string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\", "*.pdf");

Upvotes: 1

William Xifaras
William Xifaras

Reputation: 5312

In the OnChanged event:

    private static void OnChanged(object source, FileSystemEventArgs e)
    {
        var currentTime = DateTime.Now;
        var file = new FileInfo(e.FullPath);
        var createdDateTime = file.CreationTime;
        var span = createdDateTime.Subtract(currentTime);

        if (span.Minutes > 30)
        {
            // your code
        }
    }

To filter on specific file extensions (such as pdf), you can use:

if (file.Extension == ".pdf")
{

}

Upvotes: 1

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