INFO: Command Line Equivalent of "Build Tree" Option
Article ID: 164941
Article Last Modified on 5/4/2001
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
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
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