PRB: Analyze Leaves Files with .old Extension in Database
Article ID: 167258
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 Q167258
SYMPTOMS
After you run Analyze with the -f switch, some files in the data\<a-z>
subdirectories may have an extension of .old.
CAUSE
When Analyze -f finds a corrupt file, it places a copy of that file in the
backup directory, then rewrites the fixed file in the appropriate data\<a-
z> directory. In some cases, after the original rewrite, another rewrite is
necessary. Analyze does not overwrite the copy in the backup directory, but
creates a file with the .old extension in the same directory as the
original file. Under normal operations, this file should be deleted by the
Analyze process. However, in some cases it is not.
For additional information, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
160914 PRB: The Data File for <file> (<physical file>) Was Not Found
RESOLUTION
It is safe to delete the file with the .old extension.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
Keywords: kbprb KB167258