How to dispose an object created by class FileInfo?

Question

I am using a

FileInfo

class to get the length of the file as follows:

FileInfo infoFile = new FileInfo(@"C:\Text12341234");
long configFileLength = infoFile.Length;

I want to dispose the object created by

FileInfo 

class. I am getting an error that "File has been already in use by another process." How can i do this?

Answer 1

FileInfo does not implement IDisposable, hence you can't dispose it.

Any results from other methods you call on FileInfo which do implement IDisposable must be dealt with on the actual object, not on FileInfo.

You should use using:

using (FileStream s = File.Create(Application.StartupPath + @"\Client.config.xml"))
{
    // your code using s
}

Answer 2

FileInfo doesn't open a stream.If you used methods like OpenRead you need to close the Stream you opened by calling Close method.Or simply wrap your statement with using.