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p4 where


Synopsis

Show where a particular file is located, as determined by the client view.

Syntax

p4 [g-opts] where [file...]

Description

p4 where uses the client view and client root, as set in p4 client, to print files' locations relative to the top of the depot, relative to the top of the client workspace, and relative to the top of the local OS directory tree. The command does not check to see if the file exists; it merely reports where the file would be located if it did exist.

For each file provided as a parameter, a set of mappings is output. Each set of mappings is composed of lines consisting of three parts: the first part is the filename expressed in depot syntax, the second part is the filename expressed in client syntax, and the third is the local OS path of the file.

Options

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

No

No

none

More complex client views produce multiple lines of output, possibly including exclusionary mappings. For instance, given the client view:

Running p4 where //a/b/file.txt gives:

This can be interpreted as saying that the first line of the client view would have caused the file to appear in /home/user/root/a/b/file.txt, except that it was overridden by the second mapping in the view. An exclusionary mapping was applied to perform the override, and the second mapping applies, sending the file to /home/user/root/b/file.txt.

Related Commands

To list the revisions of files as synced from the depot

p4 have


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