[p4] Tools menu question

[Stephen Vance]

At least on Unix, it's very easy to strip the "..." with the dirname 
command. There are similar and cross-platform versions in most scripting 
languages. I would guess that the rationale is that most uses of 
directories in Perforce act on some subset of things under the 
directory, typically everything. Also, Perforce is flexible about 
whether you specify things in depot syntax (//depot/someDir/...), client 
syntax (//myClient/someDir/...), or local file system syntax 
(/home/me/someDir/...). I would guess that you may get different paths 
depending on whether you are in the depot view or the client view, also.

To resolve a non-depot path name to a depot path name, use 'p4 where'. 
Just be careful. It will give you a very literal mapping of just that 
name. Why is this important? If you have a complex client mapping under 
that directory, it won't resolve the single local path to multiple depot 
paths. If you use local or client syntax to specify your files, you will 
deal with that case cleanly.

Steve

Gross, Steve wrote:
> I am learning a bit about how to set up custom tools in p4v. I wrote a
> pretty simple tool that just echos the parameters it is given. The
> command itself is "echo", and then I've tried a variety of different
> parameters to see what happens.
>
> I'm most interested in understanding the behavior of the %D parameter.
> If I have a workspace directory (such as "/home/me/someDir") selected,
> the tool output reads:
>
>   /home/me/someDir/...
>
> (1) This strikes me as pretty weird syntax. It mixes together a
> workspace path (/home/me/someDir) with a p4-specific convention (the
> "/..." suffix). Can someone explain a bit about the rationale for this
> behavior?
>
> (2) What I really want is for the tool output to read:
> "//depot/someDir/..." Assuming the workspace directory corresponds to a
> real location in the depot, is there a way to make that work?
>
> Thanks,
> --Steve
>
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