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

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 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:

Q170365 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/

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Keywords : kberrmsg kbSSafe500bug kbVS97sp2fix
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Issue type : kbbug