Perforce - Specify target directory path for sync

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Is it possible to specify the folder name where depot needs to be synced ?

I tried syncing the depot to my specified path using following command but it does not work.

p4sync -d "c:\my\path" sync //depot//branch/file

Note : My aim is just to copy the file from depot to my specified location.

Looks like sync is not the command I should be using. Is there any other command or way I can do this ?

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perforcep4v
Is there a reason you don't just want to use the normal sync mechanism, with the workspace set up to put the files where you want? - Mike O'Connor

1 Answers

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sync - gets files from depot to your workspace, which must be already customized. To get files without workspace you need to make some hack with command "print":

p4 print -o filename //path/on/depot/filename

This command (above) gets filename and store it in "filename". Also, you can make some another workaround to get all files from some directory, probably with "p4 -x - command" ( -x stands for xargs in unix-world)