Visual SourceSafe (VSS) Remote Access Tool Recommended by Microsoft

Command Line Syntax

Dynamsoft SAW for VSS commands entered from the Windows Command Line must begin with SAWVcmd. The syntax for Dynamsoft SAW for VSS commands is as follows:

SAWVcmd Command  [parameter(s)][value(s)]

Dynamsoft SAW for VSS commands entered from the Java Command Line must begin with "java -jar SAWVcmd.jar". The syntax for Dynamsoft SAW for VSS commands is as follows:

java -jar SAWVcmd.jar Command  [parameter(s)][value(s)]

Commands

The commands are not case-sensitive. The commands can be either uppercase or lowercase.

For a complete list of commands in Dynamsoft SAW for VSS Command Line, see Commands and Parameters.

Parameters

Parameters you use to modify the action of a command. They consist of a hyphen ( - ) and a letter.

For a complete list of parameters in Dynamsoft SAW for VSS Command Line, see Commands and Parameters.

Values

The value can be a project or a file.  The value must follow the parameter letter with a space between them.

If there is any space in any command parameter value, the value must be surrounded by double quotes. For example (for Windows Command Line):

SAWVcmd GetFileInfo -server 127.0.0.1 -port 8787 -username test -pwd test -tempdir D:\temp -alias vss -prj $/123 -file "Text 1.txt"

In almost all cases where you can specify an item to act on, you can also specify many items by adding "/" between them. For example (for Windows Command Line):

SAWVcmd AddFile -server 127.0.0.1 -port 8787 -username test -pwd test -tempdir D:\temp  -alias vss -prj $/123 -file Hello.txt/Test.txt