How to use Analyze vss db?

Question

Hi,

I've just started to use vss. Well, when I installed it, a default database "common" is also created. I added couple of projects in this database. And analyze vss db worked just fine. Then, I created a second database. My question is how can I run analyze vss db for this second database? 

Thanks.   

 

Answer 1

Hi

I typically run analyze by opening a command window and browsing to the location of the install SourceSafe componets that include analyze.exe (in 6.0 typical this is ..\vss\win32)

Then run

analyze  path to the database (e.g.  analyze -f  c:\vss\data)

From the nature of your question I figure you might be running analyze from a short cut in program files menu.

If you prefer that method you could right click on the short cut and choose properties

under the short cut tab it will list the target as something similar to

C:\2005sourcesafeb\win32\ANALYZE.EXE -x -v1 "C:\2005sourcesafeb\data"

 

to change databases you would change "C:\2005sourcesafeb\data" to the new path for example.

hope this helps.

 

Answer 2

Thanks Patrick. it works just fine.