<vssget>
Retrieves an item from a Source Safe repository.| Attribute | Type | Description | Required |
|---|
| localpath | string | The absolute path to the local working directory. | 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. | True |
| path | string | The Source Safe project or file path, starting with "$/". | True |
| user | string | The user ID to use to log in to the Source Safe database. | True |
| failonerror | bool | | False |
| if | bool | | False |
| password | string | The password to use to log in to the Source Safe database. | False |
| unless | bool | | False |
| verbose | bool | | False |
| version | string | A version of the path to reference. Accepts multiple forms, including the label, version number, or date of the version. If omitted, the latest version is used. | False |
Example
<vssget
user="myusername"
password="mypassword"
localpath="C:\Dev\Latest"
recursive="true"
replace="true"
writable="true"
dbpath="C:\VSS\srcsafe.ini"
path="$/MyProduct"
/>