[p4] Can't add filenames with wildcards [@#%*] in them.

[Roy Smith]

Ah.  That explains it.  I just assumed it would expand "..." with the  
normal meaning.  This is a really misleading error message.  It  
should say something like:

Can't add filenames with wildcards [@#%*] or "..." in them.

I'm going to open a support ticket on that.

On Dec 10, 2007, at 2:29 PM, Jeff Campeau wrote:

> The p4 add command only uses command line syntax, so you can't add  
> with
> ... since that is a Perforce only wildcard. If you want to add all  
> files
> recursively, you need to be a little tricky. Depending on your OS,  
> there
> are different ways to do this. Assuming Windows:
>
> dir /s /b | p4 -x - add
>
> Make sure you run this from a directory that only includes files you
> actually want to add, running it from C:\ would not be a good idea.
> Also, this may not work well if there are any spaces in the  
> directory or
> file names that you are trying to add.
>
> -Jeff
>
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> Subject: [p4] Can't add filenames with wildcards [@#%*] in them.
>
> I'm trying add a new source tree to my depot by doing "p4 add ...",
> but get the message:
>
> Can't add filenames with wildcards [@#%*] in them.
>
> As far as I can tell, I don't have any filenames with those
> characters in them.  Is there any way to have p4 tell me exactly
> which pathnames it's not happy with?
>
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