C# move to end of file with StreamWriter created from FileStream

Question

I need to create a StreamWriter from a FileStream object and append some text to the file. It is assumed that the FileStream object that is being used has been created with FileMode.OpenOrCreate and FileAccess.ReadWrite. I have:

using (FileStream fs = GetCurrentFileStream())
{
    StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
    sw.WriteLine("StringToAppend");
    sw.Flush();
}

However this just overwrites the file from the beginning. How do I move to the end of the file? Is there perhaps a way to change the FileMode to Append and FileAccess to Write after the FileStream has been created?

Edit: As mentioned above I need to do this using a FileStream object. The answers from Open existing file, append a single line assume that I can create a new StreamWriter from the file path which I don't have.

Edit 2: Added truncated version of GetCurrentFileStream().

    public static FileStream GetCurrentFileStream()
    {
        String fileName = getFileName();
        FileStream fs = OpenFileWhenAvailable(fileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None);
    }

    public static FileStream OpenFileWhenAvailable(String fileName, FileMode fileMode, FileAccess fileAccess, FileShare fileShare)
    {
        int tries = 0;
        int timeout = 10 * 1000;
        while (true)
        {
            tries++;
            try
            {
                return new FileStream(fileName, fileMode, fileAccess, fileShare);
            }
            catch (IOException ex)
            {
                if (tries * 100 > timeout)
                {
                    return null;
                }
                else
                {
                    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
                }
            }
        }
    }

GetCurrentFileStream is used in several different contexts, so changing the FileMode and FileAccess directly is not an option. I do not wish to make a separate version of GetCurrentFileStream just for this one case, which is why I'm asking if there is a way to jump to the end of the stream and append a string when the FileStream object has already been created.

Answer 1

If I understood correctly, you want to append your line to a created file:

using (FileStream fs = GetCurrentFileStream())
{
    StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs, true);
    sw.WriteLine("StringToAppend");
    sw.Flush();
}

With this overload of the StreamWriter constructor you choose if you append the file, or overwrite it.

It will be really cool if you show your implementation of method GetCurrentStream() :

using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(fileName,FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write))
using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs))
{
   sw.WriteLine(something);
}

Update :

using (FileStream fs = GetCurrentFileStream())
{
   StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
   long endPoint=fs.Length;
   // Set the stream position to the end of the file.        
   fs.Seek(endPoint, SeekOrigin.Begin);
   sw.WriteLine("StringToAppend");
   sw.Flush();
 }

Answer 2

If you really really wanted to, you could pretty this up....

    static int iMaxLogLength = 15000;
    static int iTrimmedLogLength = -2000;

    static public void writeToFile2(string strMessage, string strLogFileDirectory, int iLogLevel)
    {
        string strFile = strLogFileDirectory + "log.log";

        try
        {
            FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(strFile);

            Byte[] bytesRead = null;

            if (fi.Length > iMaxLogLength)
            {
                using (BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(File.Open(strFile, FileMode.Open)))
                {
                    // Go to the end of the file and backup some
                    br.BaseStream.Seek(iTrimmedLogLength, SeekOrigin.End);

                    // Read that.
                    bytesRead = br.ReadBytes((-1 * iTrimmedLogLength));
                }
            }

            byte[] newLine = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Environment.NewLine);

            FileStream fs = null;
            if (fi.Length < iMaxLogLength)
                fs = new FileStream(strFile, FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read);
            else
                fs = new FileStream(strFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read);

            using (fs)
            {
                if (bytesRead != null)
                {
                    fs.Write(bytesRead, 0, bytesRead.Length);
                    fs.Write(newLine, 0, newLine.Length);
                    Byte[] lineBreak = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("### " + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") + " *** *** *** New Log Start Position *** *** *** *** ###");
                    fs.Write(lineBreak, 0, lineBreak.Length);
                    fs.Write(newLine, 0, newLine.Length);
                }
                Byte[] sendBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(strMessage);
                fs.Write(sendBytes, 0, sendBytes.Length);
                fs.Write(newLine, 0, newLine.Length);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            ; // Write to event or something
        }
    }