[p4] Syncing to USB drive - then changing computers

[Jeff A. Bowles]

I believe that Steve Vance's suggestion ("sync -k") was the same as this.
"sync -k" is a newer version of the "flush" you're talking about.

  -Jeff Bowles


On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Jeff Younker <jeff at drinktomi.com> wrote:

> You don't need to have the same client spec, same machine name, same
> path, etc.
> You do need the same line endings in both places.   You can ensure
> this using the
> line ending options in your client specs.   Machine #1 is your
> machine, and
> machine #2 is their machine.
>
> First, revert/submit all open files on client #1
>
> Record the current change list number.  I'll call this CHANGENUM.
>    p4 counter changes
>
> Sync to local area on machine on machine #1:
>     p4 sync /my/local/path/... at CHANGENUM
>
> Copy to USB drive.
>    (on unix, cp -rp /my/local/path /the/usb/disk/path)
>
> Mail USB drive.
>
> Receiver clears out their perforce space
>     (on unix, rm -rf /their/local/path)
>
> Receiver copies files to machine number two
>     (on unix, cp -rp /the/usb/disk/path /their/local/path)
>
> Receiver flushes their local workspace to CHANGENUM
>    p4 flush /their/local/path/... at CHANGENUM
>
> Receiver can now p4 sync down recent changes
>    p4 sync /their/local/path/...
>
> The key to this operation is 'p4 flush'.   It's just like sync, but
> it doesn't alter the disk.  It just updates the client spec.
>
>
> - Jeff Younker - jeff at drinktomi.com -
>
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