C# - Difficulty with Asynchronous File I/O and Proper handling Handling in .NET 6
I'm trying to implement I've looked through the documentation and I'm still confused about I'm working with a perplexing scenario while working with asynchronous file I/O in .NET 6..... I'm trying to read a large file asynchronously, but sometimes it throws an `IOException` stating 'The process want to access the file because it is being used by another process'. I've done some testing and confirmed that there are no other processes using the file at the time of the read. Here's the relevant snippet of my code: ```csharp using System; using System.IO; using System.Threading.Tasks; public class FileReader { public async Task<string> ReadFileAsync(string filePath) { try { using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(filePath)) { return await streamReader.ReadToEndAsync(); } } catch (IOException ex) { Console.WriteLine($"IOException: {ex.Message}"); throw; } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine($"Unexpected behavior: {ex.Message}"); throw; } } } ``` I have ensured that there are no overlapping reads on the same file, and I even tried increasing the timeout for the operation to see if it was a race condition, but the scenario continues. Additionally, I am using the `FileShare.Read` option to ensure that the file can be accessed concurrently. However, I still receive the same exception intermittently. Could this be related to how the file is being accessed elsewhere in my application, or are there any specific practices for handling file I/O exceptions asynchronously? Any insights or recommendations would be greatly appreciated! How would you solve this? This is part of a larger microservice I'm building. Am I missing something obvious?