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PRB: PVCS to SourceSafe Conversion Fails

Article ID: 157533

Article Last Modified on 2/11/2005

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SYMPTOMS

When running PVCS_SS.EXE to convert a PVCS database to a SourceSafe database, the conversion does not complete. This process does not return any error messages.

RESOLUTION

Add these lines to AUTOEXEC.BAT: 
   set libpath = <path to the DLLs used by the GET program,
                 such as c:\pvcs\dll>
				
   set vcsid  = <userid>
				
   set vcscfg = <path to configuration file>
				
   set intrsolvdir = <path to dir where license admin facility is>
NOTE: When you execute PVCS_SS *.*, meaning convert *all* of the files, it may appear to hang as it apparently does a lot of initialization in PVCS.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. At a DOS prompt, switch to the directory containing the file PVCS_SS.EXE. This will vary depending on the version of SourceSafe and the kind of installation.
  2. Type the command: PVCS_SS *.* $/<newproject>
On screen and in the conversion log file, the following appears:

PVCS_SS. Copyright... 7/25/95 12:42

There may be some other unusable information as well.

The PVCS data is converted to SourceSafe data.

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