Re: Problems with VSS

Nate, try adding a trailing \ to the SSDIR path.

Varban
Eric Minick wrote:
> 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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