[p4] VSS shared files (for the umpteenth time ;-)) - Robert Cowham - com.perforce.perforce-user

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Gutschner, Marc	06 Nov 2003 23:40
Robert Cowham	07 Nov 2003 03:26

Subject:	[p4] VSS shared files (for the umpteenth time ;-))
From:	Robert Cowham (rob...@vaccaperna.co.uk)
Date:	11/07/2003 03:26:43 AM
List:	com.perforce.perforce-user

Check out the script vsslinkedfiles.pl in Public Depot - see: http://public.perforce.com/guest/robert_cowham/perforce/utils/index.html

This prints out a list of such files. It is also an example of using the VSS OLE Automation interface from Perl which can be useful (e.g. for detecting deleted files).

Note that the default vsstop4 scripts will just put all versions of a linked file in Perforce in their current location (so they will appear several times).

Robert

-----Original Message----- From: perforce-user-admin at perforce.com [mailto:perforce-user-admin at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Gutschner, Marc Sent: 07 November 2003 07:41 To: perforce-user at perforce.com Subject: [p4] VSS shared files (for the umpteenth time ;-))

Hi!

I'm currently in the process of converting/migrating a rather large VSS repository (about 70,000 files, 3.5 GB of data) to perforce. Since the "sharing" feature of VSS was widly used, I have the problem of identifying the shared files first to develop a concept for restructuring the depot on the Perforce side. In the mailing list archives I've read about people who faced a similar situation in the past and used some scripts to assist in this task. So, for a start - how do I determine which files in the VSS repository are linked/shared other then by inspecting each individual file? And does anyone out there have some sort of "recipe" for doing the most painless conversion?

regards, Marc