Article: Q220969
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600
Last Modified: 01-MAY-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0, 6.0
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SUMMARY
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The following files can be found in the \Data directory for your Microsoft
Visual SourceSafe Server Installation (versions 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x):
- Names.dat
- Rights.dat
- Status.dat
- UM.dat
- Version.dat
The following list of files and folders are new for version 6.0:
- CRCS.dat
- Labels (Folder)
MORE INFORMATION
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Following is a brief description for each of the files listed above:
Names.Dat:
Names.dat stores the namespace information for a file.
Rights.dat:
The Rights.dat file has a list of rights assignments for each user issued through
the Administrator utility either under Rights by Project or Rights Assignment
for User on the Tools menu.
Status.dat:
The Status.dat file is used to optimize the GUI interface. There is a 4 byte
entry in this file for every item in Visual SourceSafe.
UM.dat:
UM.dat stores the users' names, their encrypted passwords, and whether the user
has read-only or read-write permissions. This file also contains a 2-byte
representation of the database version used by the Visual SourceSafe Explorer.
Version.dat:
Version.dat stores a 2-byte version number of the database used by the Analyze
utility.
CRCS.dat
CRCS.dat contains CRC information for items in the database.
Labels (Folder):
The Labels folder contains the Label information for every labeled item in the
Visual SourceSafe database.
REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
Q168248 INFO: Description of SourceSafe .DAT files
Additional query words: rebuild rebuilding fix error
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Keywords : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600
Technology : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe600 kbSSafe400 kbSSafe400a kbSSafe500
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,5.0,6.0
Issue type : kbinfo
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