File types for common file extensions

To learn about mapping file names to P4 Server file types, see the p4 typemap command and the File type modifiers.

P4 file type File Extension example Note

text

.css, .html, .ini, .java, .js, .ps, .svg

Text saved in the client's character set.

text+wx .sh Shell script that is writable and executable.

binary

.dll, .pdf, .png, .jpg, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx,

Image files, compressed archives.

binary+F

.avi, .gif, .gz, .mpg, .zip, .jar

P4 Server does not compress this file type, which might have its own compression.

binary+w

.exp, .lib

Some software development file types that should be writable by default.

binary+x .exe Executable on client.