File.Create() Throwing FileNotFoundException

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string folderName = c:\Activity Logging;
string fileName = Log File.txt;
string path = Path.Combine(folderName, fileName);

if (!Directory.Exists(folderName))
{
    Directory.CreateDirectory(folderName); //Working
    fileCheck = true;
}

if (!File.Exists(path))
{
      File.Create(path, 1024, FileOptions.RandomAccess, new FileSecurity(path, System.Security.AccessControl.AccessControlSections.All));// Error Here??

    fileCheck = true;
 }

Posted 11-Aug-14 10:44am

Admire Mhlaba

Updated 11-Aug-14 14:37pm

Yvan Rodrigues

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Adam Zgagacz 11-Aug-14 16:58pm

looks like error is coming from:
new FileSecurity(path, System.Security.AccessControl.AccessControlSections.All);

when you are executing it file does not exist yet.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Aug-14 17:08pm

You are right. I can confirm: this is the only problem. If this argument is omitted, it will work. You can post it as your answer.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Aug-14 17:04pm

Why doing it this way? What's wrong with creating reader or writer? (Asking just in case.)
—SA

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Adam Zgagacz · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-11T15:48:00

Solution 1

Error is coming from:

new FileSecurity(path, System.Security.AccessControl.AccessControlSections.All);

You are trying to refer file that was not yet created.

I have same questions/doubts as Sergey: what are you trying to achieve? Is FileSecurity argument essential for you? Can you omit it?

(Just curious)

Posted 11-Aug-14 15:48pm

Adam Zgagacz

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Aug-14 0:28am

Correct, a 5.
—SA

Admire Mhlaba 12-Aug-14 3:41am

Thank you all for your kind and quick responses. FileSecurity argument is essential because without it I get another exception raised by lack of administrative privileges to read/write to files in C:// drive.

Admire Mhlaba · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-12T01:56:00

if (!File.Exists(path))
{
File.Create(path, 1024, FileOptions.RandomAccess, new FileSecurity());

FileSecurity fSecurity = File.GetAccessControl(path);

fSecurity.AddAccessRule(new FileSystemAccessRule("Everyone",FileSystemRights.FullControl, AccessControlType.Allow));

File.SetAccessControl(path, fSecurity);

fileCheck = true;
}