/// <summary>
/// Async version of DeleteContentsOfDir, won't block main thread.
/// </summary>
public static async Task <bool> DeleteContentsOfDirAsync(string path)
{
ulong taskId = BackgroundTaskManager.Add($"DeleteContentsOfDirAsync {path}");
bool returnVal = await Task.Run(async() => { return(DeleteContentsOfDir(path)); });
BackgroundTaskManager.Remove(taskId);
return(returnVal);
}
/// <summary>
/// Async (background thread) version of TryDeleteIfExists. Safe to run without awaiting.
/// </summary>
public static async Task <bool> TryDeleteIfExistsAsync(string path, int retries = 10)
{
string renamedPath = path;
try
{
if (IsPathDirectory(path))
{
while (Directory.Exists(renamedPath))
{
renamedPath += "_";
}
if (path != renamedPath)
{
Directory.Move(path, renamedPath);
}
}
else
{
while (File.Exists(renamedPath))
{
renamedPath += "_";
}
if (path != renamedPath)
{
File.Move(path, renamedPath);
}
}
path = renamedPath;
ulong taskId = BackgroundTaskManager.Add($"TryDeleteIfExistsAsync {path}");
bool returnVal = await Task.Run(async() => { return(TryDeleteIfExists(path)); });
BackgroundTaskManager.Remove(taskId);
return(returnVal);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Logger.Log($"TryDeleteIfExistsAsync Move Exception: {e.Message} [{retries} retries left]", true);
if (retries > 0)
{
await Task.Delay(2000);
retries -= 1;
return(await TryDeleteIfExistsAsync(path, retries));
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
}