Question

I currently have a while loop, which contains an if statement:

if (s.Contains("mp4:production/CATCHUP/"))

Although when this condition is true, and I try to use other methods (as seen below e.g. RemoveEXELog) I get an access denied a process is currently using the file “Command.bat”.

How could I stop looping the file when I execute my other methods?

private void CheckLog()
{
    while (true)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(5000);
        if (!System.IO.File.Exists("Command.bat")) continue;
        using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = System.IO.File.OpenText("Command.bat"))
        {
            string s = "";
            while ((s = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                if (s.Contains("mp4:production/CATCHUP/"))
                {

                    RemoveEXELog(); // Deletes a specific keyword from Command.bat

                    Process p = new Process();
                    p.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "dump";
                    p.StartInfo.FileName = "test.exe";
                    p.StartInfo.Arguments = s;
                    p.Start();

                    ClearLog(); // Deletes Command.bat and then creates a new empty Command.bat
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

private void CheckLog()
    {
        bool _found;
        while (true)
        {
            string s = "";
            _found = false;
            Thread.Sleep(5000);
            if (!System.IO.File.Exists("Command.bat")) continue;
            using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = System.IO.File.OpenText("Command.bat"))
            {
                while ((s = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    if (s.Contains("mp4:production/CATCHUP/"))
                    {
                       _found = true;
                       break;
                    }

                }
            }
            if (_found)
            {
                 RemoveEXELog(); // Deletes a specific keyword from Command.bat

                 Process p = new Process();
                 p.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "dump";
                 p.StartInfo.FileName = "test.exe";
                 p.StartInfo.Arguments = s;
                 p.Start();

                 ClearLog(); // Deletes Command.bat and then creates a new empty Command.bat
            }
        }
    }