filesystem watcher

[securonic]

hi everyone,

i have been working with the filesystem watcher and have come up against a problem. i have a background worker which carries out a process on each new file event but i am unable to process multiple files landing in a directory at once. i think i need some sort of queue to process the files in sequence without the watcher trying to call while the background worker is still active. can i create threads on the fly as needed to hold my filepaths while a background worker is active?

 

[JohnH]

You can for example use a queue and let worker process it, when you add items to the queue check if worker is active and if not activate it. See Queue(T) Class (System.Collections.Generic)

You can also, instead of one worker and a queue, have a worker thread for each processing unit, use for example ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem Method (WaitCallback, Object) (System.Threading)

 

[securonic]

yes perfect the Queue(t) class worked perfectly. here was me trying to reinvent the wheel for a couple of days and now i realise they have a tool for the job. much appreciated! i was starting to get a head ache from that