FIX: File Corruption Occurs When Shadowed
Article ID: 200979
Article Last Modified on 10/15/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0a
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q200979
SYMPTOMS
File(s) in the shadow folder are corrupted.
CAUSE
A carriage return in the file(s) are added only as a carriage return, rather than as a carriage return and line feed pairs.
This happens when a shadow directory is set for a project and the
shadowed files are viewed before they are checked out and checked backed into Visual SourceSafe (VSS).
RESOLUTION
Checking the file(s) out, and then checking them back in should
resolve this problem once it has occurred.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Visual SourceSafe 4.0, 4.0a, and 5.0. This bug has been corrected in Visual SourceSafe 6.0.
REFERENCES
138344 HOWTO: Set up a Shadow Dir in Visual SourceSafe Administrator
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