We learned the same lesson.  If files are checked out of vss, then
getting the files will either not get the file or will get an older
version of the file (i do not recall which is true).
So has anyone created a utility to list which files have been checked
out from vss?  That would be helpful to run prior to a build.

On 2/13/06, Jon Skeet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am new to Microsoft visual source ant task. I am trying to
> > checkout using ant.There is also get for vss.what is the
> > difference ? . what is the right syntax
>
> Under VSS, check out means "get the file and acquire a lock on it". It
> fetches it read-write instead of read-only, and locks it so that other
> users can't also check it out (they can only fetch the latest version).
> (VSS can be configured to allow multiple checkouts, but you get the
> idea.)
>
> Jon
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