Is there any way to read data from a locked file?

Question

Here\'s what I have in mind:

        var file = @\"myfile\";
        File.Open(file,
                  FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None);
         


        

Answer 1

Well, if the file is totally locked (no sharing) you will not be able to read it. If the file was opened to share read, you will be able to read using a non intrusive method:

string fileName = @"myfile";
using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
using (StreamReader fileReader = new StreamReader(fileStream ))
{
    while (!fileReader .EndOfStream)
    {
        string line = fileReader .ReadLine();
        // Your code here
    }
}