Microsoft KB Archive/285104

= PRB: SSARC.exe with the -X Switch Does Not Recurse Through Deleted Files =

Article ID: 285104

Article Last Modified on 6/18/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0C

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This article was previously published under Q285104



SYMPTOMS
When you use the SSARC.exe utility with the -x command-line switch to archive a project from Visual SourceSafe, files that have been deleted but not destroyed are not archived unless you explicitly reference the deleted files in the command-line command.



RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior, always reference the file to archive in the command-line command explicitly. If there are multiple deleted files in a project, reference each file in the command-line command.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior
 Create a project named $/ProjectA in Visual SourceSafe. Add three blank text files to the project, and then name the text files A.txt, B.txt, C.txt. Delete but do not destroy the A.txt file. From the VSS/Win32 directory, type the following command at a command prompt:

ssarc $/projecta -x

Notice that the A.txt file is not archived and that you receive the following error message:

File or project not found

 To work around this behavior, type the following command at a command prompt:

ssarc $/projecta/a.txt -x

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Additional query words: ss archive recurse recursive -x flag option

Keywords: kbprb kbcommandline KB285104

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