hi all,

i need to watch a folder on ftp website using a windows service, i can watch local folder using filesystemwatcher class, but i cant understand how to give path of ftp site with passeord and username cedintials.

please help me...thanks in advance

AFAIK, you can't do that. The FileSystemWatcher relies on Windows notifications over the local machine or network which is not supported over FTP.

Maybe polling is a good option...

Imar

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thanks for your reply..its helpful to me..

but can you tell me how i can use pooling (is it connection pooling concept or something

else?) to watch files on ftp sites,

please help.. thanks

Not pooling, but polling. E.g. write some code that logs into the FTP server and tries to detect changes manually. Then write a scheduling mechanism (or use a Windows Service or a schedueld task) to repeatedly call that code yourself.

Cheers,

Imar

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