Perforce 2009.2: Command Reference

P4CHARSET

Description

Character set used for translation of unicode files.

Usage Notes

Used by Client?	Used by Server?	Command-Line Alternative	Can be set in P4CONFIG file?
Yes	No	p4 -C charset cmd	Yes

Value if not Explicitly Set

Operating System	Value
All	None. If the Perforce server is operating in unicode mode and P4CHARSET is unset, Perforce client programs return an error message.

Notes

P4CHARSET only affects files of type unicode and utf16; non-unicode files are never translated.

For servers operating in the default (non-Unicode mode), P4CHARSET must be left unset on client machines. If P4CHARSET is set, but the server is not operating in internationalized mode, the server returns the following error message:

Unicode clients require a unicode enabled server.

For servers operating in Unicode mode, P4CHARSET must be set on client machines. If P4CHARSET is unset, but the server is operating in Unicode mode, client programs return the following error message:

Unicode server permits only unicode enabled clients.

For more about Unicode mode, including settings of P4CHARSET for various UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 character sets, with and without byte-order marks, see the Internationalization Notes:

http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.current/user/i18nnotes.txt