Demonstrates attaching a StreamReader object to a stream

  
/*
C# Programming Tips & Techniques
by Charles Wright, Kris Jamsa

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (December 28, 2001)
ISBN: 0072193794
*/

// StrmRdr.cs -- Demonstrates attaching a StreamReader object to a stream
//
//               Compile this program with the following command line:
//                   C:>csc StrmRdr.cs
using System;
using System.IO;

namespace nsStreams
{
    public class StrmRdr
    {
        static public void Main (string [] args)
        {
            if (args.Length == 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine ("Please enter a file name");
                return;
            }
            FileStream strm;
            StreamReader reader;
            try
            {
                // Create the stream
                strm = new FileStream (args[0], FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
                // Link a stream reader to the stream
                reader = new StreamReader (strm);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine (e.Message);
                Console.WriteLine ("Cannot open " + args[0]);
                return;
            }
            while (reader.Peek() >= 0)
            {
                string text = reader.ReadLine ();
                Console.WriteLine (text);
            }
            reader.Close ();
            strm.Close ();
        }
    }
}

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