Directory Watch

The Directory Watch is able to monitor a folder and report back when a new file is present. It has several key checks in place to make sure the file isn't actively being written too, or locked by another application before executing the file ready callback.

Directory Watch expects that the file will be removed from the directory after it has been processed. For this reason there are several options on the DirectoryWatchFailurePolicy on how to handle when a file hasn't been removed.

Directory Watch is great for file processing where the file is expected to be removed.
Directory Notifier is great for supporting hot-reload at runtime.

Demo Application

This demo will:

Watch the C:\Watch folder
It will report on any CSV files (*.csv)
It will search AllDirectories (subDirectoties) as well as it's root
The DirectoryWatchFailurePolicy is set to move the file to a _Failed folder if the file has not been moved or deleted after the callback has completed.

As a bonus, we'll read that CSV data in and report on it's load.

PerigeeApplication.ApplicationNoInit("Watcher Demo", (c) =>
{

    c.AddDirectoryWatch("CSV", "C:\\Watch", "*.csv", SearchOption.AllDirectories, (ct, l, path) => {

        //Read the CSV
        var CSVData = CSVReader.ToDataTable(path, out var rRes);

        //Reprt on it
        l.LogInformation("Read CSV {file}[{encoding}]. Columns/Rows: {col}/{row}; Delimiter: {delChar}; Jagged? {jagged}", 
            Path.GetFileName(path), rRes.FileEncoding.EncodingName, rRes.ColumnCount, 
            CSVData.Rows.Count, rRes.FinalDelimiter, rRes.RowShifts.Count > 0 ? "YES" : "NO");

        //You'll notice the file gets moved to the _Failed Folder (Due to DirectoryWatchFailurePolicy supplied below)
        //  Watcher expects the file to be removed after it's processed to prevent infinite loops


    }, policy: ThreadRegistry.DirectoryWatchFailurePolicy.MoveToFailedFolder);

});

Dummy sample file used here:

When the above example run's against this file, it will log:

Read CSV NewCSV.csv[US-ASCII]. Columns/Rows: 2/2; Delimiter: ','; Jagged? NO

Failure Policies

At the moment, Perigee contains 3 different failure policies:

Redelivery after a certain period of time
Move to Failed Folder (_Failed)
Delete removes the file from the system.

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PerigeeApplication.ApplicationNoInit("Watcher Demo", (c) => { c.AddDirectoryWatch("CSV", "C:\\Watch", "*.csv", SearchOption.AllDirectories, (ct, l, path) => { //Read the CSV var CSVData = CSVReader.ToDataTable(path, out var rRes); //Reprt on it l.LogInformation("Read CSV {file}[{encoding}]. Columns/Rows: {col}/{row}; Delimiter: {delChar}; Jagged? {jagged}", Path.GetFileName(path), rRes.FileEncoding.EncodingName, rRes.ColumnCount, CSVData.Rows.Count, rRes.FinalDelimiter, rRes.RowShifts.Count > 0 ? "YES" : "NO"); //You'll notice the file gets moved to the _Failed Folder (Due to DirectoryWatchFailurePolicy supplied below) // Watcher expects the file to be removed after it's processed to prevent infinite loops }, policy: ThreadRegistry.DirectoryWatchFailurePolicy.MoveToFailedFolder); });