Option to disable error alerts

Author: levitation

BinaryFileExtensions.cs

@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ public static bool BinaryEqual(Binary a, Binary b)
                         return new Tuple<byte[], long>(result, len);
                     }
                 }
-                catch (IOException)
+                catch (Exception ex) when (
+                    ex is IOException
+                    || ex is UnauthorizedAccessException    //can happen when a folder was just created     //TODO: abandon retries after a certain number of attempts in this case
+                )
                 {
                     //retry after delay
                     try

FileExtensions.cs

@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ private static StreamReader AsyncStreamReader(string path, Encoding encoding)
                         ? await Task.FromCanceled<string>(cancellationToken)
                         : await InternalReadAllTextAsync(path, encoding, cancellationToken);
                 }
-                catch (IOException)    //roland
+                catch (Exception ex) when (     //roland
+                    ex is IOException
+                    || ex is UnauthorizedAccessException    //can happen when a folder was just created     //TODO: abandon retries after a certain number of attempts in this case
+                )
                 {
                     //retry after delay
                     try

Program.cs

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ internal static class Global
 
 
         public static bool UseIdlePriority = false;
+        public static bool ShowErrorAlerts = true;
 
         public static long MaxFileSizeMB = 2048;
 
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ private static void Main()
 
 
             Global.UseIdlePriority = fileConfig.GetTextUpper("UseIdlePriority") == "TRUE";   //default is false
+            Global.ShowErrorAlerts = fileConfig.GetTextUpper("ShowErrorAlerts") != "FALSE";   //default is true
 
 
             Global.MaxFileSizeMB = fileConfig.GetLong("MaxFileSizeMB") ?? Global.MaxFileSizeMB;
@@ -339,6 +341,8 @@ private static IAsyncEnumerable<FileInfo> ProcessSubDirs(DirectoryInfo srcDirInf
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex) when (ex is DirectoryNotFoundException || ex is UnauthorizedAccessException)
                 {
+                    //UnauthorizedAccessException can also occur when a folder was just created, but it can still be ignored here since then file add handler will take care of that folder
+
                     fileInfos = Array.Empty<FileInfo>();
                 }
 
@@ -360,6 +364,8 @@ private static IAsyncEnumerable<FileInfo> ProcessSubDirs(DirectoryInfo srcDirInf
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex) when (ex is DirectoryNotFoundException || ex is UnauthorizedAccessException)
                 {
+                    //UnauthorizedAccessException can also occur when a folder was just created, but it can still be ignored here since then file add handler will take care of that folder
+
                     dirInfos = Array.Empty<DirectoryInfo>();
                 }
 #pragma warning restore S2327
@@ -473,6 +479,7 @@ private static async Task AddMessage(ConsoleColor color, string message, DateTim
 
                         if (
                             showAlert
+                            && Global.ShowErrorAlerts
                             && (ConsoleWatch.PrevAlertTime != time || ConsoleWatch.PrevAlertMessage != message)
                         )
                         {
@@ -1240,6 +1247,7 @@ public static async Task AddMessage(ConsoleColor color, string message, Context
 
                         if (
                             showAlert
+                            && Global.ShowErrorAlerts
                             && (PrevAlertTime != context.Time || PrevAlertMessage != message)
                         )
                         {
@@ -1412,8 +1420,6 @@ public enum PROCESSINFOCLASS : int
 
         public enum PROCESSIOPRIORITY : int
         {
-            PROCESSIOPRIORITY_UNKNOWN = -1,
-
             PROCESSIOPRIORITY_VERY_LOW = 0,
             PROCESSIOPRIORITY_LOW,
             PROCESSIOPRIORITY_NORMAL,

appsettings.example.json

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     "Files": {
 
         "UseIdlePriority": false,
+        "ShowErrorAlerts": true,
         "MaxFileSizeMB": 2048,