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Q150644: INFO: Quotes Required in Command Line for Names with Spaces

Article: Q150644
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600
Last Modified: 01-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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When using SourceSafe Command Line commands, such as SS CD or SS CP, to set the
current project, you need to use quotation marks (" ") around a project name
that contains a space. The quotation marks must surround the entire project path
name or switch.

MORE INFORMATION
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Failure to enclose the project name in quotation marks results in the following
error message:

  You may only specify one project for this command

Follow this example for any SourceSafe command line command that contains a
space.

Step-by-Step Example
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From the Command prompt or MS-DOS session:

1. Change to the Root ($/) project:

  SS CP $/

  NOTE: SourceSafe returns: Current Project is $/.

2. Create a project named First Project from the Root:

  SS CREATE "First Project"

  (Note the quotation marks around the project name.)

  NOTE: This command without the quotes, that is SS CREATE First Project, will
  create two projects, one named First and the other Projects.

3. Change to the new project:

  SS CP "$/First Project"

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe600 kbSSafe400 kbSSafe400a kbSSafe500
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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