Microsoft KB Archive/164941

= INFO: Command Line Equivalent of "Build Tree" Option =

Article ID: 164941

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 Q164941



SUMMARY
When you perform a GET or CHECKOUT of a Project from the Visual SourceSafe Explorer, and check the Recursive checkbox, there is an option for Build tree. The command line equivalent is: SS GET *.* -r -gf- - or - SS CHECKOUT *.* -r -gf- assuming that the current directory is the directory in which you want to build the directory tree, and that you have set the current project to the project to be got or checked out.



MORE INFORMATION

 * .* tells SourceSafe to operate on all the files in the project.

-r specifies that this is a recursive operation. This is the command line equivalent of checking the Recursive checkbox.

-gf- turns off the Force_Dir initialization variable for this command. When Force_Dir = No, files in subprojects are copied to subdirectories of the current directory, which are created programmatically, rather than to their working directories.

NOTE: If the initialization variable Force_Prj is set to "Yes" (that is, if "Assume project based on working folder" is checked under the Command line options menu, under the Options menu, under the Tools menu) and if the current subdirectory is the working folder for a different SourceSafe project, you may receive the error "No matching files found" or you may get or check out files from another project you were not expecting.

Additional query words: folder

Keywords: kbinfo KB164941

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