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Compares 2 files and determines if they are the same or not

   

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#region Usings
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;

#endregion

namespace Utilities
{
    public static class FileManager
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a files' contents
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="FileName">File name</param>
        /// <returns>a string containing the file's contents</returns>
        public static string GetFileContents(string FileName)
        {
            try
            {
                return GetFileContents(FileName, 5000);
            }
            catch { throw; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a files' contents
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="FileName">File name</param>
        /// <param name="TimeOut">Amount of time in ms to wait for the file</param>
        /// <returns>a string containing the file's contents</returns>
        public static string GetFileContents(string FileName, int TimeOut)
        {
            StreamReader Reader = null;
            int StartTime = System.Environment.TickCount;
            try
            {
                bool Opened = false;
                while (!Opened)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        if (System.Environment.TickCount - StartTime >= TimeOut)
                            throw new System.IO.IOException("File opening timed out");
                        Reader = File.OpenText(FileName);
                        Opened = true;
                    }
                    catch (System.IO.IOException e)
                    {
                        throw e;
                    }
                }
                string Contents = Reader.ReadToEnd();
                Reader.Close();
                return Contents;
            }
            catch
            {
                return "";
            }
            finally
            {
                if (Reader != null)
                {
                    Reader.Close();
                    Reader.Dispose();
                }
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Compares 2 files and determines if they are the same or not
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="FileName1">name of the first file</param>
        /// <param name="FileName2">name of the second file</param>
        /// <returns>False if they are different, otherwise it returns true.</returns>
        public static bool CompareFiles(string FileName1, string FileName2)
        {
            try
            {
                FileInfo File1 = new FileInfo(FileName1);
                FileInfo File2 = new FileInfo(FileName2);
                if (File1.Length != File2.Length)
                {
                    return false;
                }
                string File1Contents = FileManager.GetFileContents(FileName1);
                string File2Contents = FileManager.GetFileContents(FileName2);
                if (!File1Contents.Equals(File2Contents))
                    return false;
                return true;
            }
            catch (Exception a)
            {
                throw a;
            }
        }


    }
}

   
    
    
  








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