HOWTO: Use PHYSICAL Command to Find SourceSafe Database File (131447)

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This article was previously published under Q131447

SUMMARY

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

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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.txt"

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.txt.

Modification Type:

Minor

Last Reviewed:

2/24/2005

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