DOC: SourceSafe Undocumented Command Line Switches
Article ID: 127188
Article Last Modified on 12/7/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q127188
SUMMARY
The following command line switches were not documented in the SourceSafe
version 3.0 Command Line Reference or the SourceSafe 3.1 Reference Manuals:
- When you use the -O@<filename> switch, the at character (@) with the -O
switch sends standard errors to the file as well as SourceSafe output
- When you use the -o&<filename> switch, the ampersand character (&) with
the -O switch suppresses the 'SourceSafe Output' window in the Windows
and Windows NT Command Line executables.
- When you use the -exitcode switch, SourceSafe outputs an exitcode.
Combining these switches allows for automated macros that do not require
intervention from the user. For example:
SS GET $/build -r -o@&bldreslt.txt -exitcode
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