{"id":374,"date":"2014-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2014\/09\/22\/interview-questions-and-answer-for-perforce-version-control-tool\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T22:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:39:41","slug":"interview-questions-and-answer-for-perforce-version-control-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/interview-questions-and-answer-for-perforce-version-control-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Questions and Answer for Perforce Version Control Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"perforce-interview-questions-answers\"<\/p>\n

Some of the perforce commands which is not commonly used but useful.<\/strong>
\np4 annotate – <\/a>Print file lines along with their revisions.
\n<\/a>e.g p4 annotate file.c<\/p>\n

How to ignore files\/folder in perforce workspace\/client?<\/strong>
\nAssuming you have a client named “CLIENT”, a directory named “foo” (located at your project root), and you wish to ignore all .dll files in that directory tree, you can add the following lines to your workspace view to accomplish this:<\/p>\n

-\/\/depot\/foo\/*.dll \/\/CLIENT\/foo\/*.dll
\n-\/\/depot\/foo\/…\/*.dll \/\/CLIENT\/foo\/…\/*.dll<\/p>\n

The first line removes them from the directory “foo” and the second line removes them from all sub directories. Now, when you ‘Reconcile Offline Work…’, all the .dll files will be moved into “Excluded Files” folders at the bottom of the folder diff display. They will be out of your way, but can still view and manipulate them if you really need to.<\/p>\n

You can also do it another way, which will reduce your “Excluded Files” folder to just one, but you won’t be able to manipulate any of the files it contains because the path will be corrupt (but if you just want them out of your way, it doesn’t matter).<\/p>\n

-\/\/depot\/foo...\/*.dll \/\/CLIENT\/foo...\/*.dll<\/pre>\n
Reference<\/a>
\nHow can I exclude a directory from a Perforce command?<\/a><\/p>\n
P4IGNORE
\nSpecify a file that contains a list of files to ignore when adding files to the depot and reconciling workspaces.
\nReference<\/a><\/p>\n
How to check last 10 submitted, pending, or shelved changelists that include any file under the project directory?<\/strong>
\np4 changes -m 5 \/\/depot\/project\/…<\/p>\n
How to check last 10 submitted or pending, or shelved changelists that include any file under the project directory?<\/strong>
\np4 changes -m 1 -s submitted | pending | shelved<\/p>\n
Interview Questions Related to Perforce Admin<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. How to take perforce backup<\/li>\n
  2. How to restore perforce backup<\/li>\n
  3. How to verify health of the perforce repos database<\/li>\n
  4. What is the ise of p4 dbverify and p4 verify<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    What is the use of p4 admin commands.<\/strong><\/p>\n
    The p4 admin command allows Perforce superusers to perform administrative tasks even when working from a different machine than the one running the shared Perforce service.
    \np4 [g-opts] admin checkpoint [ -z | -Z ] [ prefix ]
    \np4 [g-opts] admin journal [ -z ] [ prefix ]
    \np4 [g-opts] admin stop
    \np4 [g-opts] admin restart
    \np4 [g-opts] admin updatespecdepot [ -a | -s type ]
    \np4 [g-opts] admin resetpassword -a | -u user
    \nReference \u2013     Click here<\/a><\/p>\n
    How to remove files from perforce permanently?<\/strong>
    \np4 archive -p with caution. This is the one of only two commands in Perforce that actually removes file data. (The other command that removes file data is p4 obliterate.)<\/p>\n
    How to set properly in Perforce?<\/strong>
    \nThe Perforce service offers three ways of storing metadata: counters\/keys, attributes, and properties.<\/p>\n
    If your application requires only the flat storage of simple key\/value pairs, and attempts to implement no security model, use the p4 counters and p4 keys commands.<\/p>\n
    The p4 property command can be used by administrators to view and update property definitions stored in the Perforce service. The service does not use the property definitions; it provides this capability for other Perforce applications, such as P4V<\/p>\n
    If your application’s metadata is associated with particular files, use p4 attribute.<\/p>\n
    If your application’s metadata is not associated with files, and if you have a requirement to restrict its visibility to users, groups, and\/or to control the precedence of multiple values using sequence numbers, use p4 property.<\/p>\n
    p4 property -n name -v value
    \np4 counter mycounter 123
    \np4 key mykey 12
    \np4 attribute -n name [ -v value ] files…<\/p>\n
    Perforce Integration with other Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n
      \n
    1. Gitfushion<\/li>\n
    2. Swarm<\/li>\n
    3. Replication<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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