Greetings all,

Have a question regarding File.Move  / FileStreams

My steps,
1. Create file1 demo.log  [FileMode.CreateNew]
2. Move file to demo1.log
3. Create file2 with same name as in #1: demo.log [FileMode.CreateNew]

Now, problem is that the filehandle in #1 and #3 are the same.
Are they expected to be?

I suspect this is the reason why file2 inherits the CreateDate from file1
which is my main problem :-/

Can anyone please enlighten me what is going on?

Cheers

Sample code
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

namespace FileMoveIssue
{
   class Program
   {
       static void Main(string[] args)
       {
           RecycleLogFile();
       }

       /// <summary> Illustreates how FileStream.Create after File.Move
gets old file handle</summary>
       public static void RecycleLogFile()
       {

           string path = Path.GetTempPath();
           string fileName = "demo";
           string extension = ".log";
           FileStream fs0 = null;

           if (File.Exists(path + fileName + extension))
               File.Delete(path + fileName + extension);

           if (File.Exists(path + fileName + "1" + extension))
               File.Delete(path + fileName + "1" + extension);

           fs0 = new FileStream(path + fileName + extension,
FileMode.CreateNew, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read);
           DateTime file1CreationDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-2);
           int fileHandle1 = fs0.Handle.ToInt32();
           fs0.Close();

           File.SetCreationTime(fs0.Name, file1CreationDate); //creation
time should be unique per file

           //move file demo.log -> demo1.log
           File.Move(fs0.Name, path + fileName + "1" + extension);

           if (File.Exists(fs0.Name))
           {
               Console.WriteLine("File should Not exist it has been moved");
               return;
           }

           FileStream fs1 = new FileStream(path + fileName + extension,
FileMode.CreateNew, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read);
           int fileHandle2 = fs1.Handle.ToInt32();

           Console.WriteLine("filehandle1==filehandle2 {0} filehandle1 {1}
filehandle2 {2}", fileHandle1 == fileHandle2, fileHandle1, fileHandle2);
           DateTime file2CreationDate = File.GetCreationTime(fs1.Name);

           Console.WriteLine("file1.CreationDate== file1.CreationDate {0}
", file1CreationDate == file2CreationDate);

           if (fs0 != null)
               fs0.Close();

           if (fs1 != null)
               fs1.Close();

           Console.ReadLine();
       }
   }
}