Perforce 2009.2: Command Reference

p4 export

Synopsis

Extract journal or checkpoint records.

Syntax

p4 export -c token [-J prefix] [-f] [-l lines] [-F filter]
p4 export -j token [-J prefix] [-f] [-l lines] [-F filter]
p4 export -j token [-J prefix] -r

Description

This command reports checkpoint and journal metadata from a Perforce server. With no options, the records are reported in tagged form.

Some fields are added to the tagged output to indicate either transactional consistency, or to indicate the end of the journal.

Options

-c	Specifies a checkpoint number or position token of the form checkpointnum#byteoffset.
-j	Specify a journal number or position token of the form journalnum/byteoffset.
-f	Format the output so that non-textual datatypes are formatted appropriately.
-r	Display raw journal output; this argument applies to journals only.
-J prefix	Specifies a filename prefix for the journal, such as that used with p4d -jc prefix
-l lines	Limit output to the specified number of lines of journal records.
-F filter	Limit output to records that match the specified filter pattern.
g-opts	See the Global Options section.

Usage Notes

Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier?	Can File Arguments Use Revision Range?	Minimal Access Level Required
N/A	N/A	super

•	Compressed journals or checkpoints are not supported.