<vssget>

Used to retreive an item or project from a Visual Source Safe database.

Parameters

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
localpath	string	The absolute path to the local working directory. Required.	True
recursive	string	Determines whether to perform the get recursively. Default value is true when omitted.	False
removedeleted	string	Determines whether files marked "deleted" in the repository will be removed from the local copy. Default value is false when omitted.	False
replace	string	Determines whether to replace writable files. Default value is false when omitted.	False
usemodtime	string	Determines whether the timestamp on the local copy will be the modification time (if false or omitted, the checkout time will be used)	False
writable	string	Determines whether the files will be read-only. Default value is false when omitted.	False
dbpath	string	The absolute path to the folder that contains the srcsafe.ini. Required.	True
path	string	The source safe project or file path, starting with "$/". Required.	True
user	string	The user id to use to login to the Source Safe database. Required.	True
failonerror	bool		False
if	bool		False
password	string	The password to use to login to the Source Safe database.	False
unless	bool		False
verbose	bool		False
version	string	A version of the path to reference. Accepts multiple forms, including the label, version number, or date of the version. If omitted, the latest version is used.	False

Examples

Get the latest files from a local sourcesafe database.

                <vssget
                  user="myusername"
                  password="mypassword"
                  localpath="C:\Dev\Latest"
                  recursive="true"
                  replace="true"
                  writable="true"
                  dbpath="C:\VSS\srcsafe.ini"
                  path="$/MyProduct"
                />

Get the latest version of a file from a remote sourcesafe database. Put it in a relative directory.

                <vssget
                  user="myusername"
                  password="mypassword"
                  localpath="Latest"
                  recursive="true"
                  replace="true"
                  writable="true"
                  dbpath="\\MyServer\VSS\srcsafe.ini"
                  path="$/MyProduct/myFile.cs"
                />

Get the latest version of a file from a remote sourcesafe database. Remove any deleted files from local image.

                <vssget
                  user="myusername"
                  password="mypassword"
                  localpath="C:\Dev\Latest"
                  recursive="true"
                  replace="true"
                  writable="true"
                  removedeleted="true"
                  dbpath="\\MyServer\VSS\srcsafe.ini"
                  path="$/MyProduct/myFile.cs"
                />