Perforce 2009.1: Command Reference

p4 logout

Synopsis

Log out of a Perforce server by removing or invalidating a ticket.

Syntax

p4 [g-opts] logout [ -a ]

Description

Log a user out of Perforce by removing a ticket on the user's workstation, or by invalidating the ticket on the server.

If you use p4 logout -a, the ticket remains in the ticket file, but is invalidated on the server: all users of the ticket are logged out simultaneously.

Options

-a	Log out all users of the ticket by invalidating the ticket on the server.
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	list

•	Tickets are stored in the file specified by the P4TICKETS environment variable. If this variable is not set, tickets are stored in %USERPROFILE%\p4tickets.txt on Windows, and in $HOME/.p4tickets on other operating systems.

Examples

p4 logout	Log out of Perforce by removing the local session ticket.
p4 logout -a	Log out of Perforce by removing the local session ticket and instructing the Perforce server to invalidate the ticket on all other workstations from which they were logged in.

Related Commands

To start a login session (to obtain a ticket)	p4 login
To display tickets	p4 tickets