How to check for file lock? [duplicate]

Answer 1

A variation of DixonD's excellent answer (above).

public static bool TryOpen(string path,
                           FileMode fileMode,
                           FileAccess fileAccess,
                           FileShare fileShare,
                           TimeSpan timeout,
                           out Stream stream)
{
    var endTime = DateTime.Now + timeout;

    while (DateTime.Now < endTime)
    {
        if (TryOpen(path, fileMode, fileAccess, fileShare, out stream))
            return true;
    }

    stream = null;
    return false;
}

public static bool TryOpen(string path,
                           FileMode fileMode,
                           FileAccess fileAccess,
                           FileShare fileShare,
                           out Stream stream)
{
    try
    {
        stream = File.Open(path, fileMode, fileAccess, fileShare);
        return true;
    }
    catch (IOException e)
    {
        if (!FileIsLocked(e))
            throw;

        stream = null;
        return false;
    }
}

private const uint HRFileLocked = 0x80070020;
private const uint HRPortionOfFileLocked = 0x80070021;

private static bool FileIsLocked(IOException ioException)
{
    var errorCode = (uint)Marshal.GetHRForException(ioException);
    return errorCode == HRFileLocked || errorCode == HRPortionOfFileLocked;
}

Usage:

private void Sample(string filePath)
{
    Stream stream = null;

    try
    {
        var timeOut = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);

        if (!TryOpen(filePath,
                     FileMode.Open,
                     FileAccess.ReadWrite,
                     FileShare.ReadWrite,
                     timeOut,
                     out stream))
            return;

        // Use stream...
    }
    finally
    {
        if (stream != null)
            stream.Close();
    }
}