CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Cute
Cute

Reputation: 14011

Displaying/finding opened file path in c#

I want to write a program for when I open the file and view the file which is in e:\test\test.doc then I want to dispaly the path in separate file filetracing.txt.

If I open the file in f:\doc.pdf the output should be:

the file in "e:\test.doc" is opened on 2.30 am
the file in "f:\doc.pdf" is opened on 8.30 am  like wise

How do I write the program for this in c#?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 813

Answers (4)

Suneet
Suneet

Reputation: 165

You can make a small monitoring application which can run only with a notify icon UI and implement the FileSystemWatcher class to watch the files and raise logging event when necessary

An example of usage of FileSystemWatcher is below

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mokhtarb2005/FSWatcherDesMA12052005072341AM/FSWatcherDesMA.aspx

Upvotes: 0

user111013
user111013

Reputation:

Did you mean that you want the application to write to the logfile when any file on c:\ is accessed?

If so, then there's a possible solution involving the System.IO.FileSystemWatcher class. (I'd link to the MSDN Docs, but since I'm new here, I can't)

The FileSystemWatcher class is intended more for watching for changes to the filesystem, rather than any direct filesystem access. Therefore with this solution you're limited to watching for changes to LastAccessed - this is not always updated, and thus should be relied upon for strict auditing reasons.

Here's a quick piece of code to demonstrate using FileSystemWatcher to monitor for LastAccessed changes: 

        using (var w = new System.IO.FileSystemWatcher("c:\\"))
        {
            w.IncludeSubdirectories = true;
            w.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.LastAccess;
            w.Changed += (object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e) =>
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} at {2}", Path.Combine(e.FullPath, e.Name), e.ChangeType, DateTime.Now);
                        };

            w.EnableRaisingEvents = true;   
            Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to exit");
            Console.Read();
        }

Notes:

  • This gets events when any file has it's LastAccessed property updated - that includes file Creation and Modification.

  • If you log to the same drive as you are monitoring, you will get your own Write events - so don't forget to filter them.

Upvotes: 1

pirate
pirate

Reputation: 1641

using System.IO;

string path ="e:\test\test.txt"

// save your path in a string

FileStream file = new FileStream(path, FileMode, FileAccess); //opens the test.doc file

// perform the file operation

file.Close();

//open the path file

FileStream pathfile = new FileStream("filetracing.txt",FileMode,FileAccess);

StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(pathfile);

sw.Write(path); // the path string will be written in your filetracing.txt

sw.Close(); pathfile.Close();

Upvotes: 0

Pranali Desai
Pranali Desai

Reputation: 974

very quickly ...... you can use opendialog modalbox and can save the path as as opendialogObject.path and the current time part of DateTime.Now() and can put it to display. sorry if that dosen't help

Upvotes: 1

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