Is it possible in c# to read bytes from a file "occupied by another process"?

Question

C++ / C#

Unable to read bytes from file using ReadAllBytes.
The file is in use by another process.
And it is desirable not to kill this process.
Is there anyway to read this file?

Answer 1

Depends on how much you want it. Technically, you, the name of administrative rights, bypassing the OS, can directly work with disk sectors, the only thing is that data that is in the cache and not flushed to disk cannot be read.

Answer 2

No.

Answer 3

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms809754.aspx
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Answer 4

Try to copy the file (File.Copy) and read the copy