INFO: Description of Files in the DATA Directory (220969)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 4.0a
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q220969

SUMMARY

The following files can be found in the \Data directory for your Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Server Installation (versions 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x):
  • Names.dat
  • Rights.dat
  • Status.dat
  • UM.dat
  • Version.dat

The following list of files and folders are new for version 6.0:
  • CRCS.dat
  • Labels (Folder)

MORE INFORMATION

Following is a brief description for each of the files listed above:

Names.Dat:
Names.dat stores the namespace information for a file.

Rights.dat:
The Rights.dat file has a list of rights assignments for each user issued through the Administrator utility either under Rights by Project or Rights Assignment for User on the Tools menu.

Status.dat:
The Status.dat file is used to optimize the GUI interface. There is a 4 byte entry in this file for every item in Visual SourceSafe.

UM.dat:
UM.dat stores the users' names, their encrypted passwords, and whether the user has read-only or read-write permissions. This file also contains a 2-byte representation of the database version used by the Visual SourceSafe Explorer.

Version.dat:
Version.dat stores a 2-byte version number of the database used by the Analyze utility.

CRCS.dat
CRCS.dat contains CRC information for items in the database.

Labels (Folder):
The Labels folder contains the Label information for every labeled item in the Visual SourceSafe database.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

168248 INFO: Description of SourceSafe .DAT files

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/1/2001
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