Article ID: 285104
Article Last Modified on 6/18/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0C
This article was previously published under Q285104
SYMPTOMS
When you use the SSARC.exe utility with the -x command-line switch to archive a project from Visual SourceSafe, files that have been deleted but not destroyed are not archived unless you explicitly reference the deleted files in the command-line command.
RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior, always reference the file to archive in the command-line command explicitly. If there are multiple deleted files in a project, reference each file in the command-line command.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce the Behavior
- Create a project named $/ProjectA in Visual SourceSafe.
- Add three blank text files to the project, and then name the text files A.txt, B.txt, C.txt.
- Delete but do not destroy the A.txt file.
- From the VSS/Win32 directory, type the following command at a command prompt:
ssarc $/projecta -x
Notice that the A.txt file is not archived and that you receive the following error message:
- To work around this behavior, type the following command at a command prompt:
ssarc $/projecta/a.txt -x
Additional query words: ss archive recurse recursive -x flag option
Keywords: kbprb kbcommandline KB285104
