22.3. FileSystemWatcher: A Real-World Example
Let's go through a complete example and put everything together. Assume we are presented with the task of monitoring a folder and notifying the user when somebody deletes a file. To do that, we use a System.IO.FileSystemWatcher object and subscribe to its Deleted event. We will do that from a script called WatchDeletedFiles.ps1:
#monitor deleted files Add-PSSnapin PSEventing -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $fsw = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher $fsw.Path = "c:\powershell" $fsw.EnableRaisingEvents = $true Connect-EventListener fsw deleted Get-Event -wait | ' foreach { ' Write-Host -foreground Yellow ' "Warning!!! Somebody just deleted $($_.Args.FullPath)" } Disconnect-EventListener fsw deleted ...Get Pro Windows PowerShell now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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