I'm trying to be notified if a file is created, copied, or moved into a directory i'm watching. I only want to be notified about the files though, not the directories.
Here's some of the code I currently have:
_watcher.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.FileName;
_watcher.Created += new FileSystemEventHandler(file_created);
_watcher.Changed += new FileSystemEventHandler(file_created);
_watcher.Renamed += new RenamedEventHandler(file_created);
_watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = true;
_watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
Problem is, if I move a directory that contains a file in it, I get no event for that file.
How can I get it to notify me for all files added (regardless of how) to the watched directory or it's sub directories?
Incase I didn't explain good enough... I have WatchedDirectory, and Directory1. Directory1 contains Hello.txt. If I move Directory1 into WatchedDirectory, I want to be notified for Hello.txt.
EDIT: I should note my OS is Windows 8. And I do get notification for copy/paste events, but not move events (drag and drop into the folder).
Maybe this workaround could come in handy (but I'd be careful about performance as it involves recursion):
private static void file_created(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
if (e.ChangeType == WatcherChangeTypes.Created)
{
if (Directory.Exists(e.FullPath))
{
foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(e.FullPath))
{
var eventArgs = new FileSystemEventArgs(
WatcherChangeTypes.Created,
Path.GetDirectoryName(file),
Path.GetFileName(file));
file_created(sender, eventArgs);
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} created.",e.FullPath);
}
}
}