| NAntContrib  Help  Task Reference  <pvcsget> | v0.93-nightly-2015-01-02 | 
[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
Gets files from a PVCS repository.
 This task uses the get PCLI command to get the versioned files from PVCS. 
| Attribute | Type | Description | Required | 
|---|---|---|---|
| baseprojectpath | string | Gets or sets the base project path. | False | 
| location | string | Gets or sets an alternative location for workfiles. | False | 
| lock | bool | Gets or sets a value indicating whether revisions involved in the get operation should be locked. | False | 
| makewritable | bool | Gets or sets whether the workfiles should be made writable. | False | 
| maxdatetime | datetime | Gets or sets the maximum date and time of workfiles to retrieve. | False | 
| overrideworkfilelocation | bool | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the workfile location for files should be overridden. | False | 
| promotiongroup | string | Gets or sets the promotion group to get. | False | 
| revision | double | Gets or sets the revision to get against. | False | 
| touch | bool | Gets or sets a value indicating whether workfiles should be touched after the get. | False | 
| updateonly | bool | Gets or sets a value indicating whether workfiles should only be gotten if they are newer than the current workfile. | False | 
| versionlabel | string | Gets or sets the version label to get against. | False | 
| projectdatabase | string | Gets or sets the project database to utilize during the operation. | True | 
| failonerror | bool | Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true. | False | 
| if | bool | If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true. | False | 
| includesubprojects | bool | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the operation should include subprojects. | False | 
| password | string | Gets or sets the password to use when connecting to the project database. | False | 
| projectpath | string | Gets or sets the project path to utilize during the operation. | False | 
| pvcsbin | string | Gets or sets the location of the PVCS binary command-line tools. | False | 
| timeout | int | The maximum amount of time the application is allowed to execute, expressed in milliseconds. Defaults to no time-out. | False | 
| unless | bool | Opposite of if. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false. | False | 
| userid | string | Gets or sets the user ID to use when connecting to the project database. | False | 
| verbose | bool | Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false. | False | 
| workspace | string | Gets or sets the workspace to use when connecting to the project database. | False | 
| Attribute | Type | Description | Required | 
|---|---|---|---|
| managed | ManagedExecution | Specifies whether the external program should be treated as a managed application, possibly forcing it to be executed under the currently targeted version of the CLR. | False | 
| useruntimeengine | bool | Deprecated. Specifies whether the external program is a managed application which should be executed using a runtime engine, if configured. The default is false. | False | 
Represents a command-line argument.
 When passed to an external application, the argument will be quoted when appropriate. This does not apply to the line parameter, which is always passed as is. 
| Attribute | Type | Description | Required | 
|---|---|---|---|
| dir | directory | The value for a directory-based command-line argument; will be replaced with the absolute path of the directory. | False | 
| file | file | The name of a file as a single command-line argument; will be replaced with the absolute filename of the file. | False | 
| if | bool | Indicates if the argument should be passed to the external program. If true then the argument will be passed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true. | False | 
| line | string | List of command-line arguments; will be passed to the executable as is. | False | 
| path | <path> | The value for a PATH-like command-line argument; you can use :or;as path separators and NAnt will convert it to the platform's local conventions, while resolving references to environment variables. | False | 
| unless | bool | Indicates if the argument should not be passed to the external program. If false then the argument will be passed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false. | False | 
| value | string | A single command-line argument; can contain space characters. | False | 
A single command-line argument containing a space character.
<arg value="-l -a" />
    Two separate command-line arguments.
<arg line="-l -a" />
     A single command-line argument with the value \dir;\dir2;\dir3 on DOS-based systems and /dir:/dir2:/dir3 on Unix-like systems. 
<arg path="/dir;/dir2:\dir3" />
     Gets the versioned file called App.ico from the project database specified by the project-database property. 
<pvcsget projectdatabase="${project-database}">
    <entities>
        <entity name="/App.ico"/>
    </entities>
</pvcsget>
    
       Gets the versioned file called App.ico from the project database specified by the project-database property. The file is also locked. 
<pvcsget projectdatabase="${project-database}" lock="true">
    <entities>
        <entity name="/App.ico"/>
    </entities>
</pvcsget>
    
       Gets all revisions assigned the SYSTEST promotion group from the project database specified by the project-database property. The workfiles are touched after the get operation. 
<pvcsget projectdatabase="${project-database}" includesubprojects="true" promotiongroup="SYSTEST" touch="true">
    <entities>
        <entity name="/"/>
    </entities>
</pvcsget>