I need to create a StreamWriter from a FileStream object and append some text to the file. It is assumed that the FileStream object that is being used has been created with FileMode.OpenOrCreate and FileAccess.ReadWrite. I have:
using (FileStream fs = GetCurrentFileStream())
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
sw.WriteLine("StringToAppend");
sw.Flush();
}
However this just overwrites the file from the beginning. How do I move to the end of the file? Is there perhaps a way to change the FileMode to Append and FileAccess to Write after the FileStream has been created?
Edit: As mentioned above I need to do this using a FileStream object. The answers from Open existing file, append a single line assume that I can create a new StreamWriter from the file path which I don't have.
Edit 2: Added truncated version of GetCurrentFileStream().
public static FileStream GetCurrentFileStream()
{
String fileName = getFileName();
FileStream fs = OpenFileWhenAvailable(fileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None);
}
public static FileStream OpenFileWhenAvailable(String fileName, FileMode fileMode, FileAccess fileAccess, FileShare fileShare)
{
int tries = 0;
int timeout = 10 * 1000;
while (true)
{
tries++;
try
{
return new FileStream(fileName, fileMode, fileAccess, fileShare);
}
catch (IOException ex)
{
if (tries * 100 > timeout)
{
return null;
}
else
{
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
}
}
}
}
GetCurrentFileStream is used in several different contexts, so changing the FileMode and FileAccess directly is not an option. I do not wish to make a separate version of GetCurrentFileStream just for this one case, which is why I'm asking if there is a way to jump to the end of the stream and append a string when the FileStream object has already been created.
If I understood correctly, you want to append your line to a created file:
using (FileStream fs = GetCurrentFileStream())
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs, true);
sw.WriteLine("StringToAppend");
sw.Flush();
}
With this overload of the StreamWriter constructor you choose if you append the file, or overwrite it.
It will be really cool if you show your implementation of method GetCurrentStream()
:
using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(fileName,FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write))
using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs))
{
sw.WriteLine(something);
}
Update:
using (FileStream fs = GetCurrentFileStream())
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
long endPoint=fs.Length;
// Set the stream position to the end of the file.
fs.Seek(endPoint, SeekOrigin.Begin);
sw.WriteLine("StringToAppend");
sw.Flush();
}
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