Ant VSS Issue - Failed Executing ss Get

[Simon Ritchie]

Hi all,

I'm trying to use an Ant build.xml file to get some Java code from a source in Microsoft Visual Source Safe.  I've tried running this target which I've called get_source but it results in the following error

get_source:
    [mkdir] Created dir: C:\Users\myUsername\Documents\Development\Java\Ant Tutorials\Testing\${src_dir}
   [vssget] 'ss' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
   [vssget] operable program or batch file.

BUILD FAILED
C:\Users\myUsername\Documents\Development\Java\Ant Tutorials\Testing\build.xml:17: 
Failed executing: ss Get $/Path/Project/ProjectName/src/java/*.java "
-GLC:\Users\myUsername\Documents\Development\Java\Ant Tutorials\Testing\${src_dir}" -I-  -R  -W -YmyUsername,**********   With a return code of 1

This is my build.xml file

<?xml version = "1.0"?> <project name = "Testing" default = "get_source"> <property name = "src.dir" value = "src"/> <!-- VSS properties  --> <property name="vsspath" value="/Path/Project/ProjectName"/> <target name="get_source"> <mkdir dir="${src_dir}" /> <vssget localPath="${src_dir}"  recursive="true"  vsspath="${vsspath}/src/java/*.java"  login="myUsername,myPassword"  writable="true"/>           </target> </project>

Can anyone help?

[Knute Snortum]

If I had to guess, I would say the "ss.exe" isn't in your PATH.