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Q131093: PRB: SourceSafe 3.1 Cannot Use UNC Names

Article: Q131093
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.1; WINDOWS:3.1; winnt:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 20-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SourceSafe for MS-DOS, version 3.1 
- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows, version 3.1 
- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, version 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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SourceSafe cannot use Universal Naming Convention (UNC) names. For example the
following setting won't work:

  Data_Path = \\SOURCESAFE\SSAFE\SS\DATA

It gives this error:

  Invalid path: C:\SOURCESAFE\SSAFE\SS\DATA\um.dat

STATUS
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This behavior is by design in SourceSafe version 3.1. Visual SourceSafe version
4.0 can use UNC names.

Additional query words: relative path

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbSSafe310 kbSSafe310DOS kbSSafe310NT
Version           : MS-DOS:3.1; WINDOWS:3.1; winnt:3.1
Issue type        : kbprb

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