FileSystemWatcher - monitor Alternate Data Streams

Question

Is there a way to monitor (e.g. creation) alternate data streams using FileSystemWatcher? Or, perhaps another way? For my application I am not going to implement any polling mechanisms.

Thanks in advance,

Craig

Answer 1

FileSystemWatcher can do this by default

When you edit a file's ADS the timestamp of last modification changes so you can check for that

Afterwards you'll have to enumerate ADS for the file This is an example on how to do it