Howto: Regex & FileSystemWatch er Filter

[Shmulik]

How can I (can I?) use a regular expression as the filter to a
FileSystemWatch er?

I want to watch for something like this:

Regex regex = new Regex(@"^Curren t(One|Two|Three )File\.txt$",
RegexOptions.Ig noreCase);

That is, is the file CurrentOneFile. txt, CurrentTwoFile. txt, etc. shows in
in the directory I'm watching, then I can take action.

I can't assign the regex to the filter though:

FileSystemWatch er fsw = new FileSystemWatch er ();
fsw.Filter = regex; // won't work
How can I accomplish this?

TIA

[Lloyd Sheen]

If you read the docs it accepts only a string. You will have to get all
watch for all *.txt and then apply the regex to any file changes you are
notified of. For what you are doing a regex might be a little heavy for the
file name comparison.

Lloyd Sheen
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How can I (can I?) use a regular expression as the filter to a
FileSystemWatch er?

I want to watch for something like this:

Regex regex = new Regex(@"^Curren t(One|Two|Three )File\.txt$",
RegexOptions.Ig noreCase);

That is, is the file CurrentOneFile. txt, CurrentTwoFile. txt, etc. shows in in the directory I'm watching, then I can take action.

I can't assign the regex to the filter though:

FileSystemWatch er fsw = new FileSystemWatch er ();
fsw.Filter = regex; // won't work
How can I accomplish this?

TIA