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I need to read a text based log file to check for certain contents (the completion of a backup job). Obviously, the file is written to when the job completes.
My question is, how can I (or how SHOULD I write the code to) read the file, taking into account the file may be locked, or locked by my process when it needs to be read, without causing any reliability concerns.
Assuming the writing process has at least specified
System.IO.FileShare.Readwhen opening the file, you should be able to read the text file while it is still being written to.