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Preface: About This Manual

Why an FTP server?

Feedback on this guide

Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring P4FTP

System requirements

Product architecture

Installation and configuration
Downloading P4FTP
Choosing a port number
Starting P4FTP manually
(Optional) Configuring P4FTP to start automatically
Creating Perforce users and client workspace specifications
Specifying a template for undefined client specifications
Using config files
Verifying your installation

Automatically syncing a Perforce client workspace

P4FTP configuration options

P4FTP startup options

Configuring Macromedia Dreamweaver with P4FTP
Overview
Creating web sites
Sample configuration
Working in a team environment
Updating a live web site
Troubleshooting notes: adding files

Configuring HoTMetal PRO 6.0

Configuring Hot Dog Professional 6

Configuring AceHTML

Chapter 2: Troubleshooting P4FTP

Error messages
Cannot make connection to host
Cannot open remote folder
Can't clobber writable file
Error opening local file

Other questions
Why aren't my Dreamweaver files visible in Perforce?
I created a directory using FTP and it disappeared - why?
My command-line FTP client/Dreamweaver froze after connecting/prompting for P4FTP - why?
Why do I have .lck files in my workspace/depot?

Using a command-line FTP client

Chapter 3: Perforce and FTP Differences

FTP differences
How files are managed on the client computer
How files are transferred
The pwd command
Supported FTP commands

Perforce differences
Changelist numbering
Changelist descriptions
Filetypes
Workspace management
Concurrency

Standards compliance and limitations

Index


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