Newly created file stays locked

[dratcha]

I am having a problem with creating a file in c#. More specifically, a problem that happens to the file after creation. First off, here is my code: string strFileName = "c:\Test\file.log"; if(!System.IO.File.Exists(strFileName)) { System.IO.File.Create(strFileName); } The file is created just fine. The probelm is that the aspnet_wp process keeps the file locked after it has been created so I can not write to the file. I can't even open it or delete the file manually. I have to go into Task Manager and kill the process. Is there some sort of cleanup I am missing here? Is it my code or the environment or...??? Thanks.

[Colin Angus Mackay]

The Create() method (see MSDN[^] for details) returns a FileStream which you are not using. The file will stay locked until the garbage collector removes the FileStream object. Even if you do not want the FileStream object you should at least call Close() (See MSDN[^] for details) on it. Does this help?

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[dratcha]

That worked great! Thank you!