C# FileSystemWatcher, How to know file copied completely into the watch folder

Question

I am developing a .net application, where I am using FileSystemWatcher class and attached its Created event on a folder. I have to do action on this event (i.e. copy file to

Answer 1

You could listen for the modified event, and start a timer. If the modified event is raised again, reset the timer. When the timer has reached a certain value without the modify event being raised you can try to perform the copy.