Detect orphan files after program crash

Gunnar

Are there any way of detecting that a program have crashed and left an
orphan file?
I have tried with the filesystemwatcher, but that didn't work.

Maybe I can use a polling strategy and keep polling the file and check if it
is locked. But can I do this without trying to open the file and catch
exeption.
Any suggestions are welcome?

Regards
Gunnar

Jun 1 '06 #1

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Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)

Hi,
"Gunnar" <su*****@GGGMMMAAAIIILLL.COM> wrote in message
news:eA**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

Are there any way of detecting that a program have crashed and left an
orphan file?
What you mean with an orphan file?

Maybe I can use a polling strategy and keep polling the file and check if
it is locked. But can I do this without trying to open the file and catch
exeption.

If the file is locked then the program is still running.

You can check the process list to see if a program is running or not.

And no, AFAIK the only way to really know if you can open a file is trying
to open it and handling the exception

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Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

Jun 1 '06 #2

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