Microsoft KB Archive/167258

= PRB: Analyze Leaves Files with .old Extension in Database =

Article ID: 167258

Article Last Modified on 5/4/2001

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q167258



SYMPTOMS
After you run Analyze with the -f switch, some files in the data\ subdirectories may have an extension of .old.



CAUSE
When Analyze -f finds a corrupt file, it places a copy of that file in the backup directory, then rewrites the fixed file in the appropriate data\ directory. In some cases, after the original rewrite, another rewrite is necessary. Analyze does not overwrite the copy in the backup directory, but creates a file with the .old extension in the same directory as the original file. Under normal operations, this file should be deleted by the Analyze process. However, in some cases it is not.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

160914 PRB: The Data File for Was Not Found



RESOLUTION
It is safe to delete the file with the .old extension.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kbprb KB167258

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