tf get latest to a specific location

Question

is it possible to get latest version of file to any location I want with tf?

Not just to the workspace 

 

Thanks

Avi

Answer 1

Hello,

unfortunatelly no - get is always performed to the mapped location. You can look at tf view command, it let you download copy of the file to the temporar location.

Answer 2

Thanks

Is there a way to prevent the file from being viewed ?

Avi

Answer 3

Use /console switch and redirect output to the file:

tf view /console foo.txt > c:\foo.txt

Answer 4

 

The command I try is

view /s:server-cm $/prod/Development/Projects/Common/Utils/MMC.exe > c:\\MMC.exe"

When I run the command from the command line it works fine.

When I run it from cod I get "illegal characters in path"

my code is

System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi =

new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("tf.exe",args);

psi.UseShellExecute = false ;

System.Diagnostics.Process p =

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(psi);

 

Where args is view /s:server-cm $/prod/Development/Projects/Common/Utils/MMC.exe > c:\\MMC.exe"

Thanks

Avi

Answer 5

I don't think you can use '>' that way with Process.Start. Maybe if you set UseShellExecute to true.

Instead of doing it that way, capture the stdout into a stream and write it to disk using System.IO.FileStream.

Even better: use the TFS object model: VersionControlServer.DownloadFile()

Answer 6

Thanks Richard

But Downloadfile() would work from 2005 only ? The reason I use tf.exe is because I need it to run in 1.1 framework

 

Avi

 

Answer 7

You're right.  I don't think you can reference our product DLLs from 1.1 code.

Answer 8

this is what I've tried

string args ="view /s:server-cm $/prod/Development/Projects/Processes/AssemblyInfo.cs /console";

System.Diagnostics.Process p = new System.Diagnostics.Process();

p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;

p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;

p.StartInfo.FileName = "tf.exe";

p.StartInfo.Arguments = args ;

p.Start();

string output = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();

But the output param is empty.

Avi

Answer 9

Could you add to your code

p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;

and check if

p.StandardError.ReadToEnd()

contains any errors?