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GeneralRe: how to capture logfile changes into a text box Pin
Luc Pattyn28-Dec-06 5:00
sitebuilderLuc Pattyn28-Dec-06 5:00 
Hi Rafferty,

I don't have a general solution available, so I did some experiments.

I have one process that periodically (100msec) writes a string to a file;
my writer code reopens the file for every write access
(with a single open, a reader would be unable to access the file at all):
private void output(string s) {
	try {
		StreamWriter sw=new StreamWriter(fileSpec, true); // append !
		sw.WriteLine(s);
		sw.Close();
	} catch (Exception exc) {
		timelog(exc.Message);
	}
}


I have another process that periodically (but at a lower frequency, 1sec) tries
to read one or more lines; the code is similar to yours.
(assume seek is zero and delay is false):
private void input() {
	try {
		StreamReader sr=new StreamReader(fileSpec);
		sr.BaseStream.Position=seek;
		if (delay) Thread.Sleep(1000);	// try to block producer !
		while((string s=sr.ReadLine())!=null) {
			log("line "+line+": "+s); // process the input data
			seek=sr.BaseStream.Position;
		}
		sr.Close();
	} catch (Exception exc) {
		timelog(exc.Message);
	}
}

This duo typically behaves well, I guess because the reader is simple enough
so it can do its job without a task reschedule, so the writer never is active
while the reader has file access.

But when I set delay true (reader keeping file accessed while relinquishing CPU), the writer starts to fail with "cannot access file", exactly as I was expecting.

I am still looking for a general solution; so far I would say the reader should
collect new data and avoid operations that take time or may relinquish the CPU.
But if the OS, for whatever reason, interrupts the input method and reactivates
the writer, things will go wrong there.

Smile | :)



Luc Pattyn

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