INFO:Description of the Properties/About Command Line Commands

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0

SUMMARY

This article describes two commands (Properties and About) that are new in Visual SourceSafe 4.0. These commands are available only from the command line. They provide useful information and can be used as debugging tools.

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About Command

The About command displays information about the version of SourceSafe that you are currently using. It lists the same information as the About Box in the Graphical Interface product. Output from the About command looks like this:

      G:\vss40svr\win32>ss about
      Microsoft (R) SourceSafe Version 4.00
      Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1994-1995. All rights reserved.
      Version 4.00 (Build 0822)

Properties Command

The Properties command displays attributes about a file or a project. It lists the name of a file, the path to a project, the size, the latest version and date, and comments. This command gives additional information for files: the file type, its size in bytes and lines, and the status of the "Store only latest version" setting.

Use the following syntax to call the Properties command:

    SS PROPERTIES <SSafe Item> [-B] [-F-] [-H] [-O] [-R] [-L] [-N]
    [-I-] [-Y]

• The -H, -O, -I-, -N and -Y options are documented in the "List of Commands and Options" in Appendix A of the Visual SourceSafe Books Online.
• With the -R option, the properties of all the files in the project tree are displayed. -R is ignored if a file name or file mask is specified on the command line.
• The -B switch is the same as the FileType switch. "-B" changes the file to binary type, whereas "-B-" changes the file to text type.
• The -L option changes the "store latest version" setting. When you check a file in, you have the option of either storing the latest version of the file or recording the difference (delta) information. Call the "-L" option to store the latest version on check in or "-L-" to store delta information on check in.
• With the -F- option, only the properties of a project are displayed, and none of the attributes of a file are displayed. Using the (-B) or (-L) switches will not have any effect because the -B, -B-, -L, and -L- options only operate when files are displayed.

The output from the Properties command for a file looks like this:

   G:\vss40svr\win32>ss properties skel.c

   File:  $/cclass/SKEL.C
   Type:  Text
   Size:  948 bytes      18 lines
   Store only latest version:  No
   Latest:
    Version:  1
    Date:     8/03/95    3:56p
    Comment: Test project

   G:\vss40svr\win32>ss properties $/cclass

   Project:  $/CCLASS
   Contains:
     103 Files
     0 Subproject(s)
   Latest:
    Version:  104
    Date:     8/03/95    3:57p
   Comment: Test project