check if network drive exists with timeout in c#

c# exception-handling timeout network-drive
Martin Ongtangco picture Martin Ongtangco · Jan 18, 2011 · Viewed 7.3k times · Source

i created a windows service that move files around between the server's hard drive (where the service is installed) to the network drive mapped in the server. one of the problems I encountered while creating a solution was network problems.

how do i check if a network drive exists while setting a timeout in checking it? If it times out, I catch the exception and retry in X number of minutes and leave items in queue.

thanks!

Answer

Aseem Gautam picture Aseem Gautam · Jan 18, 2011

Put the call in a seperate thread and close the thread after a certain timeout. The following link implements a timeout logic for a method:

http://kossovsky.net/index.php/2009/07/csharp-how-to-limit-method-execution-time/

EDIT

One of the comments on the topic above suggest a better implementation using .NET Async Pattern:

public static T SafeLimex<T>(Func<T> F, int Timeout, out bool Completed)   
   {
       var iar = F.BeginInvoke(null, new object());
       if (iar.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(Timeout))
       {
           Completed = true;
           return F.EndInvoke(iar);
       }
         F.EndInvoke(iar);
         Completed = false;
       return default(T);
   }

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