Local depots
The default type of depot is local and local depots can reside on servers that are local, remote, or
shared.
To define a new local depot, call p4 depot depotname where depotname is the name for the new local depot,
and edit only the Map: field in the resulting form.
For example, to create a new depot called book with the
files stored in the local
Helix Server
namespace in a root subdirectory called book (that is,
$P4ROOT/book), enter the command p4 depot
book, and fill in the resulting form as follows:
Depot: book Type: local Address: local Suffix: .p4s Map: book/...
The Address: and Suffix: fields do not apply
to local depots and are ignored.
By default, the Map: field on a local depot points to a
depot directory matching the depot name, relative to the server root
(P4ROOT) setting for your server. To store a depot’s
versioned files on another volume or drive, specify an absolute path in
the Map: field. This absolute path need not be under
P4ROOT. On Windows, such an absolute path in the Map: field must be specified with forward slashes in the p4 depot form. For example, d:/newdepot/
