A wrapper of System.IO.FileSystemWatcher to standardize the events and avoid false change notifications. It has been being used in ImageGlass - A lightweight, versatile image viewer project.

This project is based on the VSCode FileWatcher: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-filewatcher-windows

• Nuget package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/FileWatcherEx
• Project url: https://github.com/d2phap/FileWatcherEx
• Website: https://imageglass.org

• Standardizes the events of System.IO.FileSystemWatcher.
• No false change notifications when a file system item is created, deleted, changed or renamed.
• Supports .NET 6.0, 7.0.

Run the command:

# Nuget package
Install-Package FileWatcherEx

See Demo project for full details!

using FileWatcherEx;


var _fw = new FileSystemWatcherEx(@"C:\path\to\watch");

// event handlers
_fw.OnRenamed += FW_OnRenamed;
_fw.OnCreated += FW_OnCreated;
_fw.OnDeleted += FW_OnDeleted;
_fw.OnChanged += FW_OnChanged;
_fw.OnError += FW_OnError;

// thread-safe for event handlers
_fw.SynchronizingObject = this;

// start watching
_fw.Start();



void FW_OnRenamed(object sender, FileChangedEvent e)
{
  // do something here
}
...

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