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//
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
//
// ==--==
//============================================================
//
// Enum: FileShare
//
// Purpose: Enum describing how to share files with other
// processes - ie, whether two processes can simultaneously
// read from the same file.
//
//===========================================================
using System;
namespace System.IO
{
// 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
{
// No sharing. Any request to open the file (by this process or another
// process) will fail until the file is closed.
//|
None = 0,
// 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.
//|
Read = 1,
// 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.
//|
Write = 2,
// 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.
//|
ReadWrite = 3,
// Whether the file handle should be inheritable by child processes.
// Note this is not directly supported like this by Win32.
//|
Inheritable = 0x10,
}
}