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 Core 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/
