Perforce 2003.1 Command Reference

p4 clientOption Choice Default[no]modtime For files without the +m (modtime) file typemodifier:[no]rmdir• For Perforce clients at the 99.2 level or earlier, ifmodtime is set, the modification date (on thelocal filesystem) of a newly synced file is the dateand time at the server when the file was submittedto the depot.• For Perforce clients at the 2000.1 level or higher,if modtime is set, the modification date (on thelocal filesystem) of a newly synced file is the datestampon the file when the file was submitted tothe depot.•If nomodtime is set, the modification date is thedate and time of sync, regardless of Perforce clientversion.For files with the +m (modtime) file type modifier:• For Perforce clients at the 99.2 level or earlier, the+m modifier is ignored, and the behavior of modtimeand nomodtime is as documented above.• For Perforce clients at the 2000.1 level or higher,the modification date (on the local filesystem) ofa newly synced file is the datestamp on the filewhen the file was submitted to the depot, regardlessof the setting of modtime or nomodtime onthe client.If set, p4 sync deletes empty directories in a clientif all files in the directory have been removed.nomodtime(i.e. date andtime of sync) formost files.Ignored for fileswith the +m filetype modifier.normdir• By default, any user can edit any client workspace specification with p4 client -cclientname. To prevent this from happening, set the locked option and use p4 passwdto create a password for the client workspace owner.• If you create a client workspace name with a space in it, the space will be translated toan underscore (for example, p4 client “my client” will create client workspacemy_client).• The compress option speeds up client/server communications over slow links byreducing the amount of data that has to be transmitted. Over fast links, the compressionprocess itself may consume more time than is saved in transmission. In general,compress should be set for line speeds under T1, and should be left unset otherwise.30 Perforce 2003.1 Command Reference