PRB: No Command Line Equivalent for Move...File (188906)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q188906

SYMPTOMS

When you try to use the Visual SourceSafe Move command on the command line, providing the path to a file in a SourceSafe project, the following message appears:
This command only works on projects.

CAUSE

The Move command is designed to move Projects only, not move files.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

A new feature in Visual SourceSafe is the ability to move files from one project to another. This operation is available in the graphical user interface in the "Move..." command under the File menu. There is not a command line equivalent for the command.

The user can move a file from one project to another in Visual SourceSafe by selecting the file and choosing the "Move..." command located under the File menu. When you move a file this way, the file is shared to the destination project, and then deleted but not purged from the source project.

To move a file from one project to another utilizing the command line, you use the SourceSafe CP, SHARE and DELETE commands. For example, to move the Myfile.txt file from $/source to $/destination, execute the following commands:

SS CP $/destination
SS SHARE $/source/myfile.txt
SS DELETE $/source/myfile.txt

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/1/2001
Keywords:kbprb KB188906
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