p4 set

Synopsis

Set Perforce variables in the Windows registry

Syntax

Description

The Perforce client requires that certain variables be set at the system level. On other operating systems, this is accomplished by setting environment variables; on Windows, the values of these variables are stored in the registry. Although the user can set the registry variables herself with straightforward (or semi-straightforward) Windows commands, p4 set will do the same thing, and it's much easier to use.

To set the value of a registry variable, use p4 set var=value. NT administrators can use the command p4 set -s var=value to set the values systemwide.

To view a list of the values of all Perforce variables, use p4 set without any arguments.

p4 set can be used on non-Windows OS's to view the values of variables, but if you try to use p4 set to set non-Windows OS variables, Perforce will respond by complaining gently.

Options

Usage Notes

• You'll find a listing and discussion of the Perforce variables in the Environment Variables section of this manual.
• The registry values of these variables can be overridden in any of three ways:
  • environment variables with the same names have precedence;
  • values within P4CONFIG files have precedence over both of these;
  • certain global option flags have the highest precedence.

Examples