BUG: Command Line GET Fails with "Unable to finish writing file" Error

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 5.0, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When trying to perform a recursive command line GET on the root of a SourceSafe project, you receive the following message:

SourceSafe was unable to finish writing a file. Check your available disk space, and ask the administrator to analyze your SourceSafe database.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem occurs with users that have Read only permission in the Visual SourceSafe (VSS) Administrator. Setting the "Act on projects recursively" option in the VSS Explorer does not alleviate the problem.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create project test1 ($/test1).




2. Add file "test.txt" to $/test1 ($/test1/test.txt).



3. Label the Root ($/) "Label1".




4. Create project test2 inside test1 ($/test1/test2).




5. Create user "aaguest" in the VSS Administrator with Read only permission.




6. From the command line, enter the following:
   
   ss get $/test -vlLabel1 -r -yaaguest
   
   

REFERENCES

Q138479 INFO: Required Rights for SourceSafe Commands

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbCommandLine kbSSafe500bug kbSSafe600bug 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999