Microsoft KB Archive/266429

= BUG: &quot;Invalid DOS Path&quot; Error with Visual SourceSafe Command Line GET =

Article ID: 266429

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2002

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q266429



SYMPTOMS
When you execute a Visual SourceSafe command line GET with the -gf switch on a file, if the working folder does not exist, you may receive the following error message:

Invalid DOS Path



CAUSE
The GET command assumes that the working folder has already been created.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, execute the following commands:

ss get $/project1 -gf -g-

ss get $/project1/test.txt -gf

The first command creates the directory structure, and the second command does a GET on the Test.txt file.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 Create a project named project1, and place a file named Test.txt in the project. Set the working folder for project1 to C:\project1. When you receive the message &quot;C:\project1 does not exist, do you want to create it?&quot;, click OK. Delete C:\project1. From a command line, type the following (execute this command from the Vss\Win32 folder):

ss get $/project1/test.txt -gf

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