HOWTO: Use PHYSICAL Command to Find SourceSafe Database File

ID: Q131447

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows, versions 3.04, 3.1
Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 3.04, 3.1
Microsoft SourceSafe for MS-DOS, versions 3.04, 3.1

SUMMARY

When debugging and troubleshooting, you may need to determine what file inside a project corresponds to a file in the SourceSafe database.

MORE INFORMATION

Use the following undocumented command lines:


      To Find                       Use This Command Line
      ------------------------------------------------------------------

      Project file                  SS PHYSICAL <Project Path>
      Certain file in a project     SS PHYSICAL <Project Path>/<FileName>
      All files in a project        SS PHYSICAL <Project Path> -R

Use the -o switch to redirect the output of the SS PHYSICAL command to a text file. For example:


      SS PHYSICAL -r $/ "-o@Filename.ext"

This command reports the physical names of all projects and files starting with the root project and directs this output to a file named Filename.ext.

Additional query words: SourceSafe vss vbwin SS SRCSAFE

Keywords : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbSSafe310 kbSSafe304 kbSsafe600FAQ
Version : MS-DOS:3.04,3.1; WINDOWS:3.04,3.1,4.0,5.0,6.0; winnt:3.04,3.1
Platform : MS-DOS WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbhowto