FIX: "Invalid DOS Path" to SSADMIN.INI on Unix

 Last reviewed: December 1, 1997
Article ID: Q174876
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 97

SYMPTOMS

If you have a UNIX and a Windows version of SourceSafe accessing the same database, launching the SourceSafe Admin program on UNIX invokes the following error: 

   "Invalid DOS path <path>\SSADMIN.INI"

CAUSE

The UNIX operating system is case sensitive to filenames and the UNIX version of SourceSafe requires that ssadmin.ini be lower-case. However, when exiting the Windows version of the SourceSafe Admin, it writes the filename in upper-case.

RESOLUTION

Install Visual Studio Service Pack 3 for Visual SourceSafe.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3.

For more information, 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

SourceSafe for UNIX is manufactured by MAINSOFT, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Mainsoft Technical Support 1270 Oakmead Parkway, Suite 310 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408) 774-3410 http://www.mainsoft.com/ 

Keywords          : VS97FixlistSP3 kberrmsg
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0; WINNT:97sp3
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix kbservicepack

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Last reviewed: December 1, 1997
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