how to copy a file using windows service in c#

Question

I want to copy a file from one location to other location using windows service between time interval help me to get out of the issue

Pranay Rana · Answer

You can do is 1. Create System.Timer object which will intiate your file transfer 2. In elapse method of timer create asncy task with the cancellation token in which specify amount of time in second transfer operation should complete I hope by doing this problem will get resolve.

praveen kumar · Answer

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Linq; using System.ServiceProcess; using System.Text; using System.IO; using System.Timers; namespace ws { public partial class ScheduledService : ServiceBase { Timer timer = new Timer(); public ScheduledService() { InitializeComponent(); } protected override void OnStart(string[] args) { TraceService(start service); timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(OnElapsedTime); timer.Interval = 60000; timer.Enabled = true; } protected override void OnStop() { timer.Enabled = false; TraceService(stopping service); } private void OnElapsedTime(object source ElapsedEventArgs e) { TraceService(File Backup at  + DateTime.Now); } private void TraceService(string content) { FileStream fs = new FileStream(@d:\ScheduledService.txtFileMode.OpenOrCreate FileAccess.Write); StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs); sw.BaseStream.Seek(0 SeekOrigin.End); sw.WriteLine(content); sw.Flush(); sw.Close(); } } } This is my program in this where to use file.copy