I've apparently worked myself into a bad coding habit. Here is an example of the code I've been writing:
using(StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(File.Open("somefile.txt", FileMode.Open)))
{
//read file
}
File.Move("somefile.txt", "somefile.bak"); //can't move, get exception that I the file is open
I thought that because the using
clause explicitly called Close()
and Dispose()
on the StreamReader
that the FileStream
would be closed as well.
The only way I could fix the problem I was having was by changing the above block to this:
using(FileStream fs = File.Open("somefile.txt", FileMode.Open))
{
using(StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fs))
{
//read file
}
}
File.Move("somefile.txt", "somefile.bak"); // can move file with no errors
Should closing the StreamReader
by disposing in the first block also close the underlying FileStream
? Or, was I mistaken?
Edit
I decided to post the actual offending block of code, to see if we can get to the bottom of this. I am just curious now.
I thought I had a problem in the using
clause, so I expanded everything out, and it still can't copy, every time. I create the file in this method call, so I don't think anything else has a handle open on the file. I've also verified that the strings returned from the Path.Combine
calls are correct.
private static void GenerateFiles(List<Credit> credits)
{
Account i;
string creditFile = Path.Combine(Settings.CreditLocalPath, DateTime.Now.ToString("MMddyy-hhmmss") + ".credits");
StreamWriter creditsFile = new StreamWriter(File.Open(creditFile, FileMode.Create));
creditsFile.WriteLine("codeinc");
foreach (Credit c in credits)
{
if (DataAccessLayer.AccountExists(i))
{
string tpsAuth = DataAccessLayer.GetAuthCode(i.Pin);
creditsFile.WriteLine(String.Format("{0}{1}{2:0.00}", i.AuthCode, i.Pin, c.CreditAmount));
}
else
{
c.Error = true;
c.ErrorMessage = "NO ACCOUNT";
}
DataAccessLayer.AddCredit(c);
}
creditsFile.Close();
creditsFile.Dispose();
string dest = Path.Combine(Settings.CreditArchivePath, Path.GetFileName(creditFile));
File.Move(creditFile,dest);
//File.Delete(errorFile);
}
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