{"id":97,"date":"2009-01-07T18:39:25","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T18:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2009\/01\/07\/perforcedfiles-tool\/"},"modified":"2021-02-27T09:55:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T09:55:55","slug":"perforcedfiles-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforcedfiles-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Step by step guide on PerforceDFiles Tool | Perforce Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3650 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/perforcedfiles-tool.png\" alt=\"perforcedfiles-tool\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/perforcedfiles-tool.png 600w, https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/perforcedfiles-tool-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PerforceDFiles<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Use: <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>This tool can be used to add thousands of files and directory in perforce server on single click which is having different-different hierarchy <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisite:<\/strong><br \/>\nJava should install and class path should set.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step1: <\/strong><br \/>\nPut the code under ClientSpec root folder in the same hierarchy which you want to add in perforce server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step2:<\/strong><br \/>\nCreate a changelist first. Just go to command prompt and type \u201cp4 change\u201d. Perforce will automatically create a changelist and will give you the changelist number. It will also ask you to update a text file with the changelist description. Just give the appropriate description there. Note the changelist number.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step3<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The file file has one file called \u201cconfig.properties\u201d. So first update it with two values. The changelist number and the source path. The source path can be \u201cD:\/Perforce\/Components\/DatabaseServer\u201d.<br \/>\nUse forward slash only \u201c\/\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step4:<\/strong> Once these files are updated, you can run the script file \u201cmakescript.bat\u201d which will update the \u201ccheckinscripts.bat\u201d with new checkin scripts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step5:<\/strong> Run \u201ccheckinscripts.bat\u201d and refresh perforce console. 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