[p4] binary files?

[Mike]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Jeff Grills might have said:

> 
> It handles binaries just fine.  By default, it stores each revision
> separately on the server in a compressed (gzip) format. Most of the time
> perforce correctly detects binary files, but you can use the filetype to
> specifically tell it a file is binary.  This link will provide you lots of
> information:
> 
> http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.052/manuals/cmdref/o.ftypes.html#104064
> 7
> 
> Here's a link to the same page in tiny form:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/jfm6w
> 
> 
> 
> 
> You can also configure the default filetype for file names using p4 typemap
> (for instance, all *.doc files).  Here's a link to information on that:
> 
> http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.052/manuals/p4sag/03_superuser.html#106
> 7639
> 
> And again in tiny form:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/z5xlz
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> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> j
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 6:48 PM
> To: perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: [p4] binary files?
> 
> 
> Can perforce deal properly (not corrput) binary files such as
> a MS Word document that contains the interface specifications for a program,
> a MS Excel spreadsheet that has the database size calculations, or a MS
> Powerpoint file that has a presentation of the program for users?
> 
> I have used RCS and CVS a lot and know they don't deal nicely with binary
> files.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 

Thank you, that helps a lot.

Mike