How to set a time-out for File.Create method on network drive?

Question

I have a requirement in my application where I need to create the file in a network drive, but when file creation in progess if network disconnected application hangs for a while and throws an exception.

Is there any way we can set time-out for File.Create?

Answer 1

Something like that can be used to implement time-out manually:

var fileCreatingThread = new Thread(...);
fileCreatingThread.Start();
if (fileCreatingThread.Join(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)) { /* Worked correctly */}
else
{
    // time-out
}