[p4] Checking that a server exists?

[Jeff A. Bowles]

I always liked several levels of tests:
   "ping" - run 'p4 info' and look for meaningful names like the server's
root dir.
   "metadata" - run 'p4 users' and look for field-name "User" in tagged
output.
   "filecontent" - for the most recent changelist, run a 'p4 verify' on the
files in that changelist and look for MD5 checksums.

If you have a replicated server or a proxy, you could see how to go from
here.

   -Jeff Bowles


On Nov 8, 2007 7:58 AM, Gross, Steve <SGross at sjm.com> wrote:

> What's the easiest way to use p4 to determine if a server exists? For
> instance, consider this statement:
>  p4 -p someServerName depots
>
> If someServerName exists, p4 should list the depots in it, right?
>
> I've tried this approach, but p4 responds:
>  Perforce password (P4PASSWD) invalid or unset.
>
> I've tried to login (successfully), as well as specify the client and/or
> password on the command line. This has not worked, so far.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> --Steve
>
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