P4PORT

Perforce 2003.2 Command Reference


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P4PORT

Description

For the Perforce server, and Perforce Proxy, the port number on which it listens.

For Perforce clients, the host and port number of the Perforce server or proxy with which to communicate.

Usage Notes

Used by
Client?
Used by
Server?
Command-Line Alternative
Can be set in P4CONFIG file?

Yes

Yes

`p4 -p host:port cmd`

Yes

Used by Client?	Used by Server?	Command-Line Alternative	Can be set in P4CONFIG file?
Yes	Yes	`p4 -p host:port cmd`	Yes

Value if not Explicitly Set

Program
Value

Perforce server

`1666`

Perforce proxy

`1666`

Perforce client

`perforce:1666`

Program	Value
Perforce server	`1666`
Perforce proxy	`1666`
Perforce client	`perforce:1666`

Examples

Perforce client examples
Perforce server examples

`1818`

`1818`

`squid:1234`

`1234`

`perforce.squid.com:1234`

`1234`

`192.168.0.123:1818`

`1818`

Perforce client examples	Perforce server examples
`1818`	`1818`
`squid:1234`	`1234`
`perforce.squid.com:1234`	`1234`
`192.168.0.123:1818`	`1818`

Notes

The format of P4PORT on the Perforce client is host:port, or port by itself if both the Perforce client and server are running on the same host.

To use the default value, perforce, with a Perforce server, define perforce as an alias to the host running the server in /etc/hosts on UNIX, or in %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts on Windows, or use DNS.

Port numbers must be in the range 1024 through 32767.

Perforce 2003.2 Command Reference


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P4PORT

Description

Usage Notes Used by Client? Used by Server? Command-Line Alternative Can be set in P4CONFIG file? Yes Yes p4 -p host:port cmd Yes

Value if not Explicitly Set Program Value Perforce server 1666 Perforce proxy 1666 Perforce client perforce:1666

Examples Perforce client examples Perforce server examples 1818 1818 squid:1234 1234 perforce.squid.com:1234 1234 192.168.0.123:1818 1818

Notes

Usage Notes

Used by
Client?
Used by
Server?
Command-Line Alternative
Can be set in P4CONFIG file?

Yes

Yes

`p4 -p host:port cmd`

Yes

Value if not Explicitly Set

Program
Value

Perforce server

`1666`

Perforce proxy

`1666`

Perforce client

`perforce:1666`

Examples

Perforce client examples
Perforce server examples

`1818`

`1818`

`squid:1234`

`1234`

`perforce.squid.com:1234`

`1234`

`192.168.0.123:1818`

`1818`