Perforce file types for common file extensions

To learn about mapping file names to Helix Core file types, see the p4 typemap command and the File type modifiers.

Helix Core file type File Extension example Note

text

.css, .html, .ini, .java, .js, .ps, .svg

Text saved in the client's character set.

text+wx .sh Shell script that is writable and executable.

binary

.dll, gif, .pdf, .png, .jpg, .zip

Image files, compressed archives.

binary+F

.avi, .gz, .mpg, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx

Helix Core Server does not compress this file type, which might have its own compression.

binary+w

.exp, .lib

Some software development file types that should be writable by default.

binary+x .exe Executable on client.