How can I read a text file without locking it?

Question

I have a windows service writes its log in a text file in a simple format.

Now, I\'m going to create a small application to read the service\'s log and shows both th

Answer 1

This method will help you to fastest read a text file and without locking it.

private string ReadFileAndFetchStringInSingleLine(string file)
    {
        StringBuilder sb;
        try
        {
            sb = new StringBuilder();
            using (FileStream fs = File.Open(file, FileMode.Open))
            {
                using (BufferedStream bs = new BufferedStream(fs))
                {
                    using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(bs))
                    {
                        string str;
                        while ((str = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
                        {
                            sb.Append(str);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return sb.ToString();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            return "";
        }
    }

Hope this method will help you.