Question

Does anyone know of a way to (reasonably simple) create a file without actually opening/locking it? In File class, the methods for file creation always return a FileStream. What I want to do is to create a file, rename it (with File.Move) and then use it.

Now I have to:

• Create it
• Close
• Rename
• Reopen for use

Answer 1

Maybe you can try using File.WriteAllText Method (String, String)
with the file name and an empty string.

Creates a new file, writes the
specified string to the file, and then
closes the file. If the target file
already exists, it is overwritten.