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Q132703: HOWTO: Set Up SourceSafe for the Macintosh Manually

Article: Q132703
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): MACINTOSH:3.04,3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbusage
Last Modified: 20-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SourceSafe for Macintosh, versions 3.04, 3.1 
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SUMMARY
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An alternative to running 'UserStartup SSInst' to setup SourceSafe on the
Macintosh is to set up the environment variables and settings for SourceSafe
manually.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following procedure describes how to setup SourceSafe for Macintosh manually
for use with the Macintosh Programmers Workshop (MPW) or ToolServer.

1. Start MPW or ToolServer (see your documentation on these tools for additional
  information on setting up and using these tools).

2. Open the startup script for MPW or ToolServer and add an entry that sets the
  SSDIR environment variable to the folder where the SRCSAFE.INI file is
  located (by default this will be the SrcSafe folder).

  For example, if you are using MPW and your SRCSAFE.INI file is located in the
  SrcSafe folder, your entries would be:

        set ssdir "HD:srcsafe:"
        export ssdir

  where 'HD' is your harddrive name and 'srcsafe' is the SourceSafe folder.

3. Add an entry that sets the SSUSER environment variable to a valid username.
  If you are running SourceSafe for the first time, and you have not added any
  usernames, use the username 'guest'.

  For example, if you are using MPW your entry would be:

        set ssuser guest
        export ssuser

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

  Q131956 How to Run the Macintosh SourceSafe SSADMIN Tool

4. Add an entry that creates an alias 'ss' for the SourceSafe Macintosh
  executable.

  For example, if you are using MPW your entry would be:

        alias ss "HD:srcsafe:mac:ss"

  where 'HD' is the harddrive name and 'srcsafe:mac:ss' is the complete path to
  the SourceSafe executable.

5. Close and restart MPW or ToolServer. You should be able to execute SourceSafe
  commands, for example:

        ss dir

REFERENCES
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Please see the 'SourceSafe 3.04 Command Line Reference', or 'SourceSafe 3.1
Reference Manual' for additional information on SourceSafe commands.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbusage 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword3 kbSSafe304Mac kbSSafe310Mac
Version           : MACINTOSH:3.04,3.1
Issue type        : kbhowto

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