[p4] unix copying a depot

[Robert Cowham]

> Can I unix copy an existing depot to a new location and start 
> a new p4d daemon on a different port and start working with 
> it? Are there any absolute path issues I might run into?

If your depots use the default Map syntax, eg

Map:	depot/...

Then this is relative to P4ROOT dir and you will have no problems.

It is possible to make this an absolute path (eg in Unix or Windows syntax),
in which case you would perhaps need to edit it.

> I just want to run some tests on this depot copy, can i just 
> use the free 2 license version of p4 to do my trials? There 
> are 12 clients in the original depot that i copied. Is it 
> possible to just delete those
> 12 and add a couple of new ones to play with?

Yes that's not a problem to use unlicensed.

It is usally not difficult to remove the client lines from the checkpoint
(look for db.domain entries) before restoring.

Another alternative is to ask Perforce support for a temporary test license.

Robert