Enum FileShare

Namespace

System.IO

Assembly

System.IO.FileSystem.dll

Contains constants for controlling file sharing options while opening files. You can specify what access other processes trying to open the same file concurrently can have.

[Flags]
public enum FileShare

Fields

None = 0

No sharing. Any request to open the file (by this process or another process) will fail until the file is closed.

Read = 1

Allows subsequent opening of the file for reading. If this flag is not specified, any request to open the file for reading (by this process or another process) will fail until the file is closed.

ReadWrite = Read | Write

Allows subsequent opening of the file for writing or reading. If this flag is not specified, any request to open the file for writing or reading (by this process or another process) will fail until the file is closed.

Write = 2

Allows subsequent opening of the file for writing. If this flag is not specified, any request to open the file for writing (by this process or another process) will fail until the file is closed.