Microsoft KB Archive/236810

= FIX: Command Line GET Fails with "Unable to finish writing file" Error =

Article ID: 236810

Article Last Modified on 8/7/2007

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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 Q236810



SYMPTOMS
When trying to perform a recursive command line GET on the root of a SourceSafe project, you receive the following message:

SourceSafe was unable to finish writing a file. Check your available disk space, and ask the administrator to analyze your SourceSafe database.

This stops the command and the GET never finishes.



RESOLUTION
This feature is available in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Also, a supported fix for Visual SourceSafe 6.0 that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/assistsupport

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later: +-+ +-+ +-+ All files are contained in a self-extracting EXE. +-+ +-+ +-+
 * Name        | Size      | Date       | Time     | Version#  | Platform |
 * analyze.exe |   211,968 | 10/22/1999 | 01:27 AM | 6.0.86.60 | x86      |
 * ddconv.exe  |   310,784 | 10/22/1999 | 12:55 AM | none      | x86      |
 * ddupd.exe   |   443,392 | 10/22/1999 | 12:58 AM | none      | x86      |
 * ss.exe      |   415,744 | 10/22/1999 | 12:48 AM | none      | x86      |
 * ssapi.dll   |   591,360 | 10/22/1999 | 12:52 AM | 6.0.86.60 | x86      |
 * ssarc.exe   |   528,384 | 10/22/1999 | 01:02 AM | 6.0.86.60 | x86      |
 * ssrestor.exe |  526,336 | 10/22/1999 | 01:05 AM | 6.0.86.60 | x86      |
 * ssscc.dll   | 1,501,696 | 10/22/1999 | 01:38 AM | 6.0.86.60 | x86      |
 * Name        | Size      | Date       | Time     | Platform |
 * VSS8660.EXE | 2,178,219 | 10/31/1999 | 11:31 AM | x86      |



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/Aa718353.aspx



MORE INFORMATION
This problem occurs with users that have Read only permission in the Visual SourceSafe (VSS) Administrator. Setting the "Act on projects recursively" option in the VSS Explorer does not alleviate the problem.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior



 * 1) Create project test1 ($/test1).


 * 1) Add file "test.txt" to $/test1 ($/test1/test.txt).
 * 2) Label the Root ($/) "Label1".


 * 1) Create project test2 inside test1 ($/test1/test2).


 * 1) Create user "aaguest" in the VSS Administrator with Read only permission.


 * 1) From the command line, enter the following:

ss get $/test -vlLabel1 -r -yaaguest

