FIX: Deploy to a Unix Server Via FTP Fails

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you deploy files through FTP to a UNIX server, the files are incorrectly deployed to the parent directory and renamed to include the directory name. You do not receive an error message warning you that the files were incorrectly deployed.

CAUSE

This problem is caused by the way Visual SourceSafe 5.0 parses the UNIX FTP deploy path. SourceSafe uses the '\' character when deploying, such that ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/test is interpreted as ftp.microsoft.com\test. Under UNIX the '\' character is a valid character for a filename, so UNIX concatenates the path names.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1.

For additional information about the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Set up a Visual SourceSafe project so that it is a web-based project.

2. Select an FTP:// deploy path that goes to *any* UNIX server.

3. Deploy the project to the FTP:// location.

   pub/web/Web\Default.html

Note that Visual SourceSafe gives the "Deploying..." message on the files and everything appears to go as planned. You do not receive an error message.