Microsoft KB Archive/157533

= PRB: PVCS to SourceSafe Conversion Fails =

Article ID: 157533

Article Last Modified on 2/11/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0a
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0a
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157533



SYMPTOMS
When running PVCS_SS.EXE to convert a PVCS database to a SourceSafe database, the conversion does not complete. This process does not return any error messages.



RESOLUTION
Add these lines to AUTOEXEC.BAT: set libpath =  set vcsid = set vcscfg =  set intrsolvdir =  NOTE: When you execute PVCS_SS *.*, meaning convert *all* of the files, it may appear to hang as it apparently does a lot of initialization in PVCS.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) At a DOS prompt, switch to the directory containing the file PVCS_SS.EXE. This will vary depending on the version of SourceSafe and the kind of installation.
 * 2) Type the command: PVCS_SS *.* $/

On screen and in the conversion log file, the following appears:

PVCS_SS. Copyright... 7/25/95 12:42

There may be some other unusable information as well.

The PVCS data is converted to SourceSafe data.

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