FileStream.Unlock Method
.NET Framework 4.5
Allows access by other processes to all or part of a file that was previously locked.
Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- position
- Type: System.Int64
The beginning of the range to unlock.
- length
- Type: System.Int64
The range to be unlocked.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | position or length is negative. |
For a list of common file and directory operations, see Common I/O Tasks.
The following example shows how to write text to a file by using the Unlock method.
using System; using System.IO; using System.Text; namespace ConsoleApplication { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { string fileName = "test.txt"; string textToAdd = "New text to write to file"; UnicodeEncoding uniencoding = new UnicodeEncoding(); byte[] result = uniencoding.GetBytes(textToAdd); using (FileStream destinationStream = File.Open(fileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate)) { destinationStream.Write(result, 0, result.Length); } } } }
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
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