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Q174876: FIX: "Invalid DOS Path" to SSADMIN.INI on Unix

Article: Q174876
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbSSafe500bug kbVS97sp2fix
Last Modified: 03-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Studio 97 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you have a UNIX and a Windows version of SourceSafe accessing the same
database, launching the SourceSafe Admin program on UNIX invokes the following
error:

  Invalid DOS path <path>\SSADMIN.INI

CAUSE
=====

The UNIX operating system is case sensitive to filenames and the UNIX version of
SourceSafe requires that ssadmin.ini be lower-case. However, when exiting the
Windows version of the SourceSafe Admin, it writes the filename in upper-case.

RESOLUTION
==========

Install Visual Studio Service Pack 3 for Visual SourceSafe.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service
Pack 3.

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

  Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

MORE INFORMATION
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SourceSafe for UNIX is manufactured by MAINSOFT, a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's
performance or reliability.

  Mainsoft Technical Support
  1270 Oakmead Parkway, Suite 310
  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
  (408) 774-3410

  http://www.mainsoft.com/

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbSSafe500bug kbVS97sp2fix 
Technology        : kbVSsearch kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe500 kbVS97 kbVS97Search
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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