FileSystemEventArgs.ChangeType Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.IO

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher.dll

Source:

FileSystemEventArgs.cs

Gets the type of directory event that occurred.

C#

public System.IO.WatcherChangeTypes ChangeType { get; }

Property Value

WatcherChangeTypes

One of the WatcherChangeTypes values that represents the kind of change detected in the file system.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the ChangeType property. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the FileSystemEventArgs class.

C#

//  This method is called when a file is created, changed, or deleted.
private static void OnChanged(object source, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
    //  Show that a file has been created, changed, or deleted.
    WatcherChangeTypes wct = e.ChangeType;
    Console.WriteLine("File {0} {1}", e.FullPath, wct.ToString());
}

Applies to

See also

• WatcherChangeTypes