How to keep track of a file

[Mengbillar]

Hi, im looking for a function or something, that tells me when a file was changed.. basically, the program should monitor the file and read its contents whenever it changes (its a log file, and logs should be recorded and analyzed). Now i think, just reading the file every second is an ineffective solution, considering the intervals are very irregular in which the file changes, but could also be several times a second. is there a function, maybe an API, that can do this? tools like UltraEdit seem to be able to do that, so i guess there must be a way
Thanks in advance
Meng

 

[bjd4jc]

If using .NET is an option there is a simple to use FileSystemWatcher class that you can setup to do this.

I think I've seen a VB6 solution on this forum before but I can't remeber. Have you tried a keyword search of this forum?

 

[bjd4jc]

A quick search returned this thread:

thread222-719707

 

[strongm]

That should do the trick ...