public void SaveLog(bool force = false)
{
string newFile, backupFile, currentFile;
if (force)
{
currentFile = "CommandersLogAutoSave.xml";
}
else
{
currentFile = "Commander's Log Events to " + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH-mm-ss") + ".xml";
}
newFile = String.Format("{0}_new{1}", Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(currentFile), Path.GetExtension(currentFile));
backupFile = String.Format("{0}_bak{1}", Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(currentFile), Path.GetExtension(currentFile));
Stream stream = new FileStream(newFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);
var x = new XmlSerializer(LogEvents.GetType());
x.Serialize(stream, LogEvents);
stream.Close();
// we delete the current file not until the new file is written without errors
if (force)
{
// delete old backup
if (File.Exists(backupFile))
{
File.Delete(backupFile);
}
// rename current file to old backup
if (File.Exists(currentFile))
{
File.Move(currentFile, backupFile);
}
}
else
{
// delete file if exists
if (File.Exists(currentFile))
{
File.Delete(currentFile);
}
}
// rename new file to current file
File.Move(newFile, currentFile);
}