Use the xref:System.IO.FileStream class to read from, write to, open, and close files on a file system, and to manipulate other file-related operating system handles, including pipes, standard input, ...

Examples The following code example demonstrates how to lock part of a file so another process cannot access that part of the file even though it has read/write access to the file, and then unlock the ...

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I'm trying to port a .NET program to mono. I want to stick a small, platform-specific wrapper over the device that returns a FileStream. On Windows, I need to use the native CreateFile function to get ...