MEF C# Service - DLL Updating
- by connerb
Currently, I have a C# service that runs off of many .dll's and has modules/plugins that it imports at startup. I would like to create an update system that basically stops the service, deletes any files it is told to delete (old versions), downloads new versions from a server, and starts the service. I believe I have coded this right except for the delete part, because as long as I am not overwriting anything, the file will download. If I try to overwrite something, it won't work, which is why I am trying to delete it before hand. However, when I do File.Delete() to the path that I want to do, it gives me
access to the path is denied. Here is my code:
new Thread(new ThreadStart(() =>
{
ServiceController controller = new ServiceController("client");
controller.Stop();
controller.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped);
try
{
if (um.FilesUpdated != null)
{
foreach (FilesUpdated file in um.FilesUpdated)
{
if (file.OldFile != null)
{
File.Delete(Path.Combine(Utility.AssemblyDirectory, file.OldFile));
}
if (file.NewFile != null)
{
wc.DownloadFile(cs.UpdateUrl + "/updates/client/" + file.NewFile, Path.Combine(Utility.AssemblyDirectory, file.NewFile));
}
}
}
if (um.ModulesUpdated != null)
{
foreach (ModulesUpdated module in um.ModulesUpdated)
{
if (module.OldModule != null)
{
File.Delete(Path.Combine(cs.ModulePath, module.OldModule));
}
if (module.NewModule != null)
{
wc.DownloadFile(cs.UpdateUrl + "/updates/client/modules/" + module.NewModule, Path.Combine(cs.ModulePath, module.NewModule));
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Logger.log(ex);
}
controller.Start();
})).Start();
I believe it is because the files are in use, but I can't seem to unload them. I though stopping the service would work, but apparently not. I have also checked the files and they are not read-only (but the folder is, which is located in Program Files, however I couldn't seem to get it to not be read-only programmatically or manually). The service is also being run as an administrator (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM). I've read about unloading the AppDomain but AppDomain.Unload(AppDomain.CurrentDomain); returned an exception as well.
Not too sure even if this is a problem with MEF or my program just not having the correct permissions...I would assume that it's mainly because the file is in use.
