FIX: Command Line GET Fails with "Unable to finish writing file" Error

ID: Q236810

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 5.0, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When trying to perform a recursive command line GET on the root of a SourceSafe project, you receive the following message:

SourceSafe was unable to finish writing a file. Check your available disk space, and ask the administrator to analyze your SourceSafe database.

This stops the command and the GET never finishes.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix for Visual SourceSafe 6.0 that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/phone.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Name         | Size      | Date       | Time     | Version#  | Platform | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| analyze.exe  |   211,968 | 10/22/1999 | 01:27 AM | 6.0.86.60 | x86      | 
| ddconv.exe   |   310,784 | 10/22/1999 | 12:55 AM | none      | x86      | 
| ddupd.exe    |   443,392 | 10/22/1999 | 12:58 AM | none      | x86      | 
| ss.exe       |   415,744 | 10/22/1999 | 12:48 AM | none      | x86      | 
| ssapi.dll    |   591,360 | 10/22/1999 | 12:52 AM | 6.0.86.60 | x86      | 
| ssarc.exe    |   528,384 | 10/22/1999 | 01:02 AM | 6.0.86.60 | x86      | 
| ssrestor.exe |   526,336 | 10/22/1999 | 01:05 AM | 6.0.86.60 | x86      | 
| ssscc.dll    | 1,501,696 | 10/22/1999 | 01:38 AM | 6.0.86.60 | x86      | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

All files are contained in a self-extracting EXE.


+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Name         | Size      | Date       | Time     | Platform | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| VSS8660.EXE  | 2,178,219 | 10/31/1999 | 11:31 AM | x86      | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------+

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in a hotfix for Visual SourceSafe 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem occurs with users that have Read only permission in the Visual SourceSafe (VSS) Administrator. Setting the "Act on projects recursively" option in the VSS Explorer does not alleviate the problem.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create project test1 ($/test1).

Add file "test.txt" to $/test1 ($/test1/test.txt).

Label the Root ($/) "Label1".

Create project test2 inside test1 ($/test1/test2).

Create user "aaguest" in the VSS Administrator with Read only permission.

From the command line, enter the following:

ss get $/test -vlLabel1 -r -yaaguest

REFERENCES

Q138479 INFO: Required Rights for SourceSafe Commands

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbCommandLine kbSSafe500bug kbSSafe600fix kbDSupport kbSSafe600qfe
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug