How to test if a file is fully copied in .NET

Question

I am monitoring a folder for new files and need to process them. The problem is that occasionally file opening fails, because system has not finished copying it.

Wha

Answer 1

one approach that i take always is to create a file in the end of my copy/transfer named "token.txt" without content. The idea is that this file will be created just in the end of the transfer operation, so you can monitor this file creation and when this file is created, you start to work with your files. Don't forget to erase this token file always when you start to process your files.