FileSystemWatcher.Changed Event
Definition
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Occurs when a file or directory in the specified Path is changed.
public:
event System::IO::FileSystemEventHandler ^ Changed;public event System.IO.FileSystemEventHandler? Changed;public event System.IO.FileSystemEventHandler Changed;[System.IO.IODescription("FSW_Changed")]
public event System.IO.FileSystemEventHandler Changed;member this.Changed : System.IO.FileSystemEventHandler [<System.IO.IODescription("FSW_Changed")>]
member this.Changed : System.IO.FileSystemEventHandler Public Custom Event Changed As FileSystemEventHandler Event Type
- Attributes
Examples
The following example uses the Changed event to display the file path to the console whenever the watched file is changed.
using System;
using System.IO;
namespace MyNamespace
{
class MyClassCS
{
static void Main()
{
using var watcher = new FileSystemWatcher(@"C:\path\to\folder");
watcher.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.Attributes
| NotifyFilters.CreationTime
| NotifyFilters.DirectoryName
| NotifyFilters.FileName
| NotifyFilters.LastAccess
| NotifyFilters.LastWrite
| NotifyFilters.Security
| NotifyFilters.Size;
watcher.Changed += OnChanged;
watcher.Created += OnCreated;
watcher.Deleted += OnDeleted;
watcher.Renamed += OnRenamed;
watcher.Error += OnError;
watcher.Filter = "*.txt";
watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = true;
watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
Console.WriteLine("Press enter to exit.");
Console.ReadLine();
}
private static void OnChanged(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
if (e.ChangeType != WatcherChangeTypes.Changed)
{
return;
}
Console.WriteLine($"Changed: {e.FullPath}");
}
private static void OnCreated(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
string value = $"Created: {e.FullPath}";
Console.WriteLine(value);
}
private static void OnDeleted(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e) =>
Console.WriteLine($"Deleted: {e.FullPath}");
private static void OnRenamed(object sender, RenamedEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Renamed:");
Console.WriteLine($" Old: {e.OldFullPath}");
Console.WriteLine($" New: {e.FullPath}");
}
private static void OnError(object sender, ErrorEventArgs e) =>
PrintException(e.GetException());
private static void PrintException(Exception? ex)
{
if (ex != null)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Message: {ex.Message}");
Console.WriteLine("Stacktrace:");
Console.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace);
Console.WriteLine();
PrintException(ex.InnerException);
}
}
}
}
Imports System.IO
Namespace MyNamespace
Class MyClassVB
Shared Sub Main()
Using watcher = New FileSystemWatcher("C:\path\to\folder")
watcher.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.Attributes Or
NotifyFilters.CreationTime Or
NotifyFilters.DirectoryName Or
NotifyFilters.FileName Or
NotifyFilters.LastAccess Or
NotifyFilters.LastWrite Or
NotifyFilters.Security Or
NotifyFilters.Size
AddHandler watcher.Changed, AddressOf OnChanged
AddHandler watcher.Created, AddressOf OnCreated
AddHandler watcher.Deleted, AddressOf OnDeleted
AddHandler watcher.Renamed, AddressOf OnRenamed
AddHandler watcher.Error, AddressOf OnError
watcher.Filter = "*.txt"
watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = True
watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = True
Console.WriteLine("Press enter to exit.")
Console.ReadLine()
End Using
End Sub
Private Shared Sub OnChanged(sender As Object, e As FileSystemEventArgs)
If e.ChangeType <> WatcherChangeTypes.Changed Then
Return
End If
Console.WriteLine($"Changed: {e.FullPath}")
End Sub
Private Shared Sub OnCreated(sender As Object, e As FileSystemEventArgs)
Dim value As String = $"Created: {e.FullPath}"
Console.WriteLine(value)
End Sub
Private Shared Sub OnDeleted(sender As Object, e As FileSystemEventArgs)
Console.WriteLine($"Deleted: {e.FullPath}")
End Sub
Private Shared Sub OnRenamed(sender As Object, e As RenamedEventArgs)
Console.WriteLine($"Renamed:")
Console.WriteLine($" Old: {e.OldFullPath}")
Console.WriteLine($" New: {e.FullPath}")
End Sub
Private Shared Sub OnError(sender As Object, e As ErrorEventArgs)
PrintException(e.GetException())
End Sub
Private Shared Sub PrintException(ex As Exception)
If ex IsNot Nothing Then
Console.WriteLine($"Message: {ex.Message}")
Console.WriteLine("Stacktrace:")
Console.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace)
Console.WriteLine()
PrintException(ex.InnerException)
End If
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Remarks
The Changed event is raised when changes are made to the size, system attributes, last write time, last access time, or security permissions of a file or directory in the directory being monitored.
Note
Common file system operations might raise more than one event. For example, when a file is moved from one directory to another, several OnChanged and some OnCreated and OnDeleted events might be raised. Moving a file is a complex operation that consists of multiple simple operations, therefore raising multiple events. Likewise, some applications (for example, antivirus software) might cause additional file system events that are detected by FileSystemWatcher.
Use NotifyFilter to restrict the number of notifications raised when this event is handled.
Note
The Changed event is raised unexpectedly when a file is renamed, but is not raised when a directory is renamed. To watch for renaming, use the Renamed event.
Note
The order in which the Changed event is raised in relation to the other FileSystemWatcher events may change when the SynchronizingObject property is not null.
