FIX: VSS Log Files Not Deleted Correctly on NetWare

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a

SYMPTOMS

If your SourceSafe database contains log files with no matching data files, the following error message may appear when you run analyze:

   The data file for <real file name > (<physical file name>) was not
   found

CAUSE

When you delete and permanently destroy files in a SourceSafe database that reside on a Novell NetWare Server, the SourceSafe log file is not deleted.

This happens on Windows95 machines using the Microsoft client for NetWare Networks.

RESOLUTION

This problem has been corrected in Visual SourceSafe version 5.0.

There are two ways to avoid this problem in Visual SourceSafe 4.0 or 4.0a.

1. Use the Novell NetWare Client 32 for Windows 95.

2. Enable project security if it is not already enabled. Disable the destroy right for the Windows 95 users who use the Microsoft Client for NetWare. This means that when they delete a file(s) and project(s) they will not be able to destroy them. The administrator can then periodically perform the purge option to remove the deleted files.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Visual SourceSafe, version 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q160914
   TITLE     : The Data File for <file> (<physical file>) Was Not Found

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157984
   TITLE     : How SourceSafe Uses the DATA Directory

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

If you have the configuration described in the "Cause" section above:

1. Create a test project in Visual SourceSafe called $\FileTest.

2. Perform the following command with the SourceSafe command-line utility (SS.EXE):

         SS PHYSICAL $\FileTest
   

   This will give you the name of the SourceSafe log file eg.(ABCAAAAA)

3. Look in the corresponding directory in the SourceSafe data directory and you will notice the file and an associated data file with an extension of .A or .B

4. Delete and permanently destroy the project from Visual SourceSafe.

5. Look again in the SourceSafe data directory and you will see that the Log file is still present, although the data file has been deleted.

Keywords          : ssusage fixlist5.00 kbbuglist kbfixlist
Version           : 4.0 4.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Solution Type     : kbfix