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API
Tools
Conversion
Utilities
Review
Daemon
Sample
Data
Web and Internet-
Related Tools

API Tools

Program	Description
Perforce C/C++ API	The Perforce C/C++ API allows you to write your own Perforce tools in C++. It provides you with the same interface that is used by all of the Perforce client programs (P4, P4Win, P4Web, and the Perforce IDE Plug-ins). The Perforce C/C++ API Manual (in HTML or PDF) is the starting point for using the API. See the release notes for the latest features. The Perforce C/C++ API can be downloaded from the Perforce FTP site. The API is found in a tar file named `p4api.tar` that is located in a platform-specific directory for each release. For example, the 2007.2 version of the Perforce C/C++ API for the Linux 2.6 kernel on the x86 platform would be found here: `ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r07.2/bin.linux26x86/`
Perforce Perl API	The Perforce Perl API allows you to write Perl scripts that directly execute Perforce commands. This supported API version is available for download from the Perforce FTP site. The APIs are found in release-specific directories beginning with /r07.3. Installers are available for Windows users in the Windows platform directory. Users on other platforms must build from source. Source tarballs are found in the release-specific /tools directory. For example: `ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r07.3/bin.ntx86/p4perl58.exe ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r07.3/tools/p4perl.tgz` Installation from source requires the Perforce C/C++ API listed above. See the release notes for the latest features. For additional installation and usage information, please see the APIs for Scripting documention. Please note that the P4Perl API available in the Public Depot has been deprecated and is not supported.
Perforce Ruby API	The Perforce Ruby API allows you to write Ruby scripts that directly execute Perforce commands. This supported API version is available for download from the Perforce FTP site. The APIs are found in release-specific directories beginning with /r07.3. Installers are available for Windows users in the Windows platform directory. Users on other platforms must build from source. Source tarballs are found in the release-specific /tools directory. For example: `ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r07.3/bin.ntx86/p4ruby18.exe ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r07.3/tools/p4ruby.tgz` Installation from source requires the Perforce C/C++ API listed above. See the release notes for the latest features. For additional installation and usage information, please see the APIs for Scripting documention. Please note that the P4Ruby API available in the Public Depot has been deprecated and is not supported.
Perforce Python API	The Perforce Python API allows you to write Python scripts that directly execute Perforce commands. This supported API version is available for download from the Perforce FTP site. The APIs are found in release-specific directories beginning with /r07.3. Installers are available for Windows users in the Windows platform directory. Users on other platforms must build from source. Source tarballs are found in the release-specific /tools directory. For example: `ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r07.3/bin.ntx86/p4python25.exe ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r07.3/tools/p4python.tgz` Installation from source requires the Perforce C/C++ API listed above. See the release notes for the latest features. For additional installation and usage information, please see the APIs for Scripting documention. Please note that the P4Python API available in the Public Depot has been deprecated and is not supported.
P4COM, a COM Interface to the Perforce C++ API for Windows	P4COM allows you to easily execute Perforce commands from any Windows development language -- there's no need to spawn p4.exe as a command line process. Examples given include VB6, VB.NET, C# and even Lisp. P4COM can also talk to internationalized Perforce servers.

Conversion Utilities

Program	Description
ClearCase to Perforce Conversion Guide	Due to conceptual differences and performance problems, there is no ClearCase to Perforce conversion script; however, this document describes how such a conversion can be accomplished.
PVCS^® to Perforce Conversion Tool	This set of Perl scripts converts PVCS^® archives to Perforce, preserving the original times and authors. Labeled branches are converted into branched directories, and individual file revisions are grouped as much as possible into atomic Perforce changelists. See the PVCStoP4 Project home page for more details and download links. PVCS is a trademark of Serena Software, Inc.
Visual SourceSafe (VSS) to Perforce Conversion Tool	This set of Perl scripts converts VSS archives to Perforce, preserving the original times and authors. Branches are translated verbatim, and individual file revisions are grouped as much as possible into atomic Perforce changelists. See the VSStoP4 Project home page for more details and download links.
CVS to Perforce Converter	This set of Perl scripts converts CVS archives to Perforce, preserving the original times and authors. Individual file revisions are grouped as much as possible into atomic Perforce changelists. The converter handles `Attic/` and `.cvsignore`, and has flexible support for branching. See the CVS2P4 README for more details. Available for download from the Perforce Public Depot.
SVN to Perforce Converter	This Perl script converts Subversion archives to Perforce, preserving as much history as possible while trying to maintain a 1:1 mapping between Subversion revisions and Perforce changesets. See the svn2p4 README for more information. The standalone script is available directly: svn2p4.pl.

Review Daemon

Program	Description
Perforce Review Daemon	The Review Daemon periodically polls the Perforce Server to determine newly submitted changelists and/or jobs, then sends email to users who are interested in them. Users determine which changelists are of interest by setting the `Reviews:` field on their user form. The script talks directly to your mail server using a library that comes standard with Python, and thus should work on all platforms. To use, simply set the variables in the script to match your local environment, then run it as is, or from cron. The script will notify you by email of problems it encounters such as invalid email addresses.

Sample Data

Program	Description
Perforce Sample Depot	The Perforce Sample Depot is a sample data set that can be used for Perforce evaluation, training, or testing. Please see Technical Note #73 for details and installation instructions.

Web and Internet-Related Tools

Program	Description
P4FTP	P4FTP allows FTP clients, including Dreamweaver, Netscape, and Internet Explorer, to access Perforce depot files via FTP. It can be installed in addition to or instead of an FTP server on Unix or Windows NT/2000. See the Perforce FTP Plug-in page for download information and documentation.