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Perforce 2009.2: Command Reference



p4 files
Synopsis
Provide information about files in the depot without accessing their contents.
Syntax
p4 [g-opts] files [-a] file[revRange]...
Description
This command lists each file that matches the file patterns provided as arguments. If a revision specifier is given, the files are described at the given revision. One file is listed per line, and the format of each line is:
depot-file-location#rev - action change change# (filetype)
where
depot-file-location is the file's location relative to the top of the depot
rev is the revision number of the head revision of that file
action is the action taken at the head revision: add, edit, delete, branch, or integrate
change# is the number of the changelist that this revision was submitted in, and
filetype is the Perforce file type of this file at the head revision.
Unlike most Perforce commands, p4 files reports on any file in the depot; it is not limited to only those files that are visible through the client view. Of course, if a file pattern on the command line is given in client syntax, only client files are shown.
Options
Usage Notes
Can File Arguments Use
Revision Specifier?
The specified revision can be a revision range; in this case, only those files with revisions within the specified range are listed, and by default, only the highest revision in that range is listed. (To display information for all files within a revision range, use p4 files -a.)
Since the output of p4 files can be quite large when called with highly non-restrictive file arguments (for example, p4 files //depot/... prints information about all the files in the depot), it may be subject to a maxresults limitation as set in p4 group.
Examples
Provides information about all depot files visible through the client view.
Provides information about all depot file revisions that existed on December 10, 2000.
p4 files @2001/03/31:08:00,@2001/03/31:17:00
Lists all files and revisions changed during business hours on March 31, 2001.
Lists files and revisions under the directory //depot/proj2/... that are included in label p2lab.
Show information on the head revision of //depot/file.c. (that is, the highest revision in the implied range of #1,#head)
Show information on every revision of //depot/file.c (that is, all revisions in the implied range of #1,#head)
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