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Delete a directory while maintaining integrity of code

prasoon tiwari

Hi,

I am using Delete function to delete a directory.

However my next line of code starts executing even before the delete operation is finished..

Can someone help how to ensure that delete transaction is completed before code moves to next line?

Directory.Delete(GlobalVar.IMAGING_FOLDER, true);

//Some code to ensure that Folder is deleted successfully before moving to belwo next line of code.

ExtractFile(SourceFile, DestinationFolder);

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Jin Necesario6y ago
Hi Prasoon Tiwari,

If you wanted to wait for the System.IO.Directory.Delete() to finish. You can use the Task Parallel Library to wait for the delete function to finish.

See the example below.
var result = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => Directory.Delete(@"D:\test-delete", true));

Task.WaitAll(result);

if (result.IsCompleted)
{
    //todo: Do the next step here
}
Cheers,
Jin
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Rajanikant Hawaldar6y ago
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/puranindia/filesystemwatcher-in-C-Sharp/ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48895000/wait-for-all-files-to-be-deleted-using-filesystemwatcher https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56607080/how-to-wait-until-directories-having-files-get-deleted-recursively-in-c-sharp
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