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# How To Access SourceSafe Code From a Central Directory

Article ID: 124529

Article Last Modified on 6/29/2004

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- Microsoft SourceSafe

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### SUMMARY

The Shadow setting allows you to set up a central directory location where users can compile access code without entering SourceSafe.
NOTE: Any modifications made to the files in this directory will not be reflected in the SourceSafe database.
To set a shadow directory for the project $/test, in the SRCSAFE.INI or SS.INI:

            [$/test]
            Shadow = f:\test

If the project header [$/test] already exists, do not create a new one, just add the Shadow setting underneath the other settings. For example:

            [$/test]
            Dir = c:\test
            Shadow = f:\test

When files are updated to the $/test project, modifications will be reflected in f:\test as well.
For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

131023 How to Set Up a Shadow Directory

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