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I am stating to write a little PC tool to read log files using c# or java. The log files will be in .txt format. An application is running and writing logs, and I want my tool to open the log at the same time and refresh automatically when a new line is written to the log file.
My challenge is, how do I detect the log file changes so that my tool will have real-time displaying ability? This is a general question but pseudo codes will be greatly appreciated!
You can use the
FileSystemWatcherclass (MSDN page). Be careful though, if you try to open the file while the other process is writing the file you will probably be denied access.