INFO: Command Line Equivalent of "Build Tree" Option

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a
• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows, version 5.0

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-

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 on the fly, 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.