How do I convert StreamReader to a string?

Question

I altered my code so I could open a file as read only. Now I am having trouble using File.WriteAllText because my FileStream and StreamReader

Answer 1

Use StreamReader.ReadToEnd() method.

Answer 2

string content = String.Empty;

using(var sr = new StreamReader(fs, Encoding.Unicode))
{
     content = sr.ReadToEnd();
}

File.WriteAllText(outputPath, content, Encoding.UTF8);

Answer 3

use the ReadToEnd() method of StreamReader:

string content = new StreamReader(fs, Encoding.Unicode).ReadToEnd();

It is, of course, important to close the StreamReader after access. Therefore, a using statement makes sense, as suggested by keyboardP and others.

string content;
using(StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(fs, Encoding.Unicode))
{
    content = reader.ReadToEnd();
}