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Use FileSystemWatcher to detect file changes

using System; using System.IO; using System.Windows.Forms; static class MainClass {     static void Main()     {         using (FileSystemWatcher watch = new FileSystemWatcher())         {             watch.Path = Application.StartupPath;             watch.Filter = "*.*";             watch.IncludeSubdirectories = true;             watch.Created += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnCreatedOrDeleted);             watch.Deleted += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnCreatedOrDeleted);             watch.EnableRaisingEvents = true;             if (File.Exists("test.bin"))             {                 File.Delete("test.bin");             }             using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("test.bin", FileMode.Create))             {             }         }     }     private static void OnCreatedOrDeleted(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)     {         Console.WriteLine("\tNOTIFICATION: " + e.FullPath + "' was " + e.ChangeType.ToString());     } } NOTIFICATION: C:\Java_Dev\WEB\dev\CSharp\test.bin' was Deleted