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Shadow open a file
I'm trying to backup a file to a web-service which I'm trying to upload segments, I've managed to get it working however I've now got a problem where the files are in use so I want to be able to create a shadow copy of the file and then open the file as a stream read and the read segments of the files.
What I have is now a problem as I have no idea how to create a shadow copy of a file and open a read stream to it. Im sure in .net 4 there is a method to shadow copy a file, but cannot find any documentation to it.
Any ideas?
What I have is now a problem as I have no idea how to create a shadow copy of a file and open a read stream to it. Im sure in .net 4 there is a method to shadow copy a file, but cannot find any documentation to it.
Any ideas?
Visual Basic.NET.NET Programming
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Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger)
The only time I've ever heard of "shado copy" pertains to .NET assemblies. Why do you think you need shado copy here?
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@James
Ah. So it overrides file locking then? Because I know that if a program doesn't open a file with an exclusive lock, then you can still read it even if it's in use.
On a side note, there must be an EE goblin loose, stealing all of the Ws. I can't otherwise explain how I misspelled "shadow" twice XD
Ah. So it overrides file locking then? Because I know that if a program doesn't open a file with an exclusive lock, then you can still read it even if it's in use.
On a side note, there must be an EE goblin loose, stealing all of the Ws. I can't otherwise explain how I misspelled "shadow" twice XD
I do mostly database work nowadays, so I haven't worked with files for a long while. But won't opening a file for writing automatically prevents reading by default?
As for the gremlins, I haven't been young for a long while either, so I might be out of touch about there current behavior, but in my times, they were usually in greater number around this time of the year. Simply improve the security in your brain by wearing a hat all the time, and you should be OK.
As for the gremlins, I haven't been young for a long while either, so I might be out of touch about there current behavior, but in my times, they were usually in greater number around this time of the year. Simply improve the security in your brain by wearing a hat all the time, and you should be OK.