Re: Problems with VSS

Nate,

Earlier in that log, does it show what command is run? I'm curious as to 
where that space is sneaking in.

-- Eric

Nate Scherer wrote:

> I hope this isn't a frequent question, but I haven't found an exact 
> match to either part from searching the mailing list archives.  First 
> of all, I'm trying to run against VSS 5.00 with Anthill OS.  I've seen 
> mention of problems with VSS 6.0a and to use 6.0 instead, but I 
> haven't found anyone talking about whether 5 is supported.  And I 
> haven't found any official documentation of version control adapters 
> at all beyond what the configuration page itself has.  If there's any 
> of that, please let me know. 
>
> So, obviously I have a problem that would make me wonder if I'm on a 
> supported version, and here it is:
>
> Invalid DOS path: _\\sourcesafe\vss_ <file://%5C%5Csourcesafe%5Cvss> 
> \srcsafe.ini
> 14:37:04:754 [Thread - AnthillBuildDaemon] ERROR 
> com.urbancode.anthill.BuildManager  - ProfileAdapter checkout failed: 100
>
> _com.urbancode.anthill.adapter.RepositoryException_: ProfileAdapter 
> checkout failed: 100
>         at 
> com.urbancode.anthill.adapter.ProfileRepositoryAdapter.executeCommand(_ProfileRepositoryAdapter.java:442_) 
>
>
> Here's the snippet of the command that's related to the ini file 
> location:
>
> 'SSDIR=\\sourcesafe\vss'
>
> I can send the entire command if that would be helpful.  I found lots 
> of people with the "ProfileAdapter checkout failed" problem, but found 
> nobody else with "Invalid DOS path" .  Note the space between "vss" 
> and "\srcsafe.ini".  Looks to me like that is the problem, but as you 
> can see from the command parameter, there is no space in the value I 
> put in.  I've tried the mapped drive letter instead of the UNC path, 
> as well as enclosing the whole property value in quotes.  I've also 
> tried setting an SSDIR environment variable, to no effect.  Can anyone 
> shed any light on this problem?  Thanks very much for any help.
>
> -Nate
>
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