FileSystemWatcher Trouble

[kcwallace]

I am attempting to help a friend. THey are attempting to look for the existence of a file with a certain extention. She successfully created a FileSystemWatcher to search a folder.

She then pointed it at the real directory, and the events stopped triggering.

She has administrator privledges on that folder.

I used the Dir(path) function to see if another approach would work, and it did find the file.

THe monitored folder is on a UNIX Server. I do not know if that makes a difference.

Her application is running on an WinXP PC.

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Im not sure if FileSystemWatcher will work with Unix folders as it requires certain OS level functionality to be present. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/interopmigration/unix/sfu/default.mspx may be worth investigation though as it might provide the required functionality.

 

[kcwallace]

THank you for your input. I have passed it on.