p4 set

Synopsis

Syntax

Description

On Windows, you can set the values of these variables in the registry with p4 set; on other operating systems, Perforce uses environment variables for the same purpose.

To set the value of a registry variable for the current user, use p4 set var=value. Windows administrators can use p4 set -s var=value to set the registry variable's default values for all users on the local machine.

Windows administrators running the Perforce server as a service can set variables used by the service (for instance, P4JOURNAL and others) with p4 set -S svcname var=value.

To unset the value for a particular variable, leave value empty.

To view a list of the values of all Perforce variables, use p4 set without any arguments. On UNIX, this displays the values of the associated environment variables. On Windows, this displays either the MS-DOS environment variable (if set), or the value in the registry and whether it was defined with p4 set (for the current user) or p4 set -s (for the local machine).

p4 set can be used on non-Windows operating systems to view the values of variables, but if you try to use p4 set to set variables on non-Windows operating systems, Perforce will display an error message.

Options

-s	Set the value of the registry variables for the local machine. Without this flag, p4 set sets the variables in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive; when you use the -s flag, the variables are set in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive. These locations are reflected in the output of p4 set on Windows.
-S svcname	Set the value of the registry variables as used by service svcname. You must have administrator privileges to do this.
g_opts	See the Global Options section.

Usage Notes

Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier?	Can File Arguments Use Revision Range?	Minimal Access Level Required
N/A	N/A	list

• You'll find a listing and discussion of the Perforce variables in the Environment Variables section of this manual.

• Changes to registry values under Windows affect the local machine only; an administrator setting P4JOURNAL for a Perforce NT service must be present at the machine running the service.

• On Windows, you can override the values of the registry keys in any of three ways:
  • Environment variables with the same names have precedence;

  • Values within P4CONFIG files have precedence over both of these;

  • The global option flags have the highest precedence.

Examples

p4 set P4PORT=tea:1666	Set a registry variable telling the Perforce client to connect to a Perforce server at host tea, port 1666.
p4 set P4MERGE=	Unset the value of P4MERGE.
p4 set	Display a list of Perforce variables without changing their values.