p4 where

Show how the specified files are mapped by the client view.

Syntax

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

Syntax conventions

Description

p4 where uses the client view and root 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 client mappings are set by the p4 client command. The p4 where command does not check to see whether the file exists. Instead, it reports where the file would be located if it did exist.

The command accepts wildcards, such as p4 where *.html

For each file provided as a parameter, a set of mappings is output. Each set of mappings consists of:

  • the filename in depot syntax. such as //depot/project1/my-file.html

  • the filename in client syntax, such as //maria/depot/project1/my-file.html

  • the filename in local syntax, which is the local operating system path, such as C:\Users\maria\project1\my-file.html

Options

g-opts

See Global options.

Usage Notes

Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier? Can File Arguments Use Revision Range? Minimal Access Level Required

No

No

 none because every standard user can run p4 where

  • The mappings are derived from the client view: a simple view, mapping the depot to one directory in the client workspace, produces one line of output, such as 

    //depot/project1/my-file.html  //maria/depot/project1/my-file.html  C:\Users\maria\project1\my-file.html

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

    View: //a/... //client/a/...
      //a/b/... //client/b/...

    Running:

    $ p4 where //a/b/file.txt

    outputs:

    -//a/b/file.txt //client/a/b/file.txt //home/_user_/root/a/b/file.txt
//a/b/file.txt //client/b/file.txt /home/_user_/root/b/file.txt

    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.

  • The simplest case (one line of output per file, showing each filename in depot, client, and local syntax) is by far the most common.

Examples

p4 where file.c

Show depot, client workspace, and local filesystem locations of file.c (or where file.c would appear if it existed in the depot.)

p4 where 100%25.txt

Use ASCII expansion of "%" character to locations for file 100%.txt.

ASCII expansion is supported for the following four special characters: @ (%40), # (%23), * (%2A), and % (%25).

Related Commands

To list the revisions of files as synced from the depot

p4 have