Launching P4V components from the command-line client, P4VC

P4VC is a command-line client that can send certain P4 command-line commands to P4V without having to open a full P4V instance.

For example, if you are a P4 command-line client user who occasionally uses P4V to view the Revision Graph or the Stream Graph, consider using P4VC.

Command Syntax

Command-line help is available:

p4vc -h displays the list of optons:

p4vc [options] command [arg ...]

Options:
    -h -?           print this message
    -V              print client version
    -c client       set client name (default $P4CLIENT)
    -C charset      set character set (default $P4CHARSET)
    -p port         set server port (default $P4PORT)
    -u user         set user's username (default $P4USER)

p4vc -help displays the list of commands.

The following table shows the output of p4vc help [command] for each command:

Command	Purpose	Syntax
help	Print the requested help message	p4vc [options] help
branchmappings	Shows list of branch mappings	p4vc [options] branchmappings
branches	Same as branchmappings. Shows list of branch mappings	p4vc [options] branches
diff	Shows diff dialog	p4vc [options] diff [ file(s) ]
diffhave	Diff opened files against have revision (local paths)	p4vc [options] diffhave [ file(s) ]
diffprev	Diff against a previous revision (depot path#revision)	p4vc [options] diffprev [ file(s) ]
groups	Shows list of groups	p4vc [options] groups
branch	Show/Edit branch	p4vc [options] branch [ spec, ... ]
change	Show/Edit change	p4vc [options] change [ spec, ... ]
client	Same as workspace. Show/Edit workspace	p4vc [options] client [ spec, ... ]
workspace	Show/Edit workspace	p4vc [options] workspace [ spec, ... ]
depot	Show/Edit depot	p4vc [options] depot [ spec, ... ]
group	Show/Edit group	p4vc [options] group [ spec, ... ]
job	Show/Edit job	p4vc [options] job [ spec, ... ]
label	Show/Edit labe	p4vc [options] label [ spec, ... ]
user	Show/Edit user	p4vc [options] user [ spec, ... ]
jobs	Shows list of jobs	p4vc [options] jobs
labels	Shows list of labels	p4vc [options] labels
pendingchanges	Shows list of pending changes	p4vc [options] pendingchanges
history	Shows file history	p4vc [options] history [ file(s), ... ]
properties	Shows file details	p4vc [options] properties [ file(s), ... ]
resolve	Launches resolve dialog	p4vc [options] resolve [ -f ] [ -c num ] [ file(s), ... ]
revisiongraph	Shows revision graph	p4vc [options] revisiongraph [ file(s), ... ]
revgraph	Same as revisiongraph. Shows revision graph	p4vc [options] revgraph [ file(s), ... ]
streamgraph	Shows stream graph pane	p4vc [options] streamgraph [ file(s) ]
streams	Shows list of streams	p4vc [options] streams
submit	Launches submit dialog	p4vc [options] submit [ -c num ] [ file(s), ... ]
submittedchanges	Shows list of submitted changes	p4vc [options] submittedchanges
timelapse	Shows timelapse view	p4vc [options] timelapse [-l linenumber] [ file(s), ... ]
timelapseview	Same as timelapse. Shows timelapse view	p4vc [options] timelapseview [ file(s), ... ]
tlv	Same as timelapse. Shows timelapse view	p4vc [options] tlv [ file(s), ... ]
users	Shows list of users	p4vc [options] users
workspaces	Shows list of workspaces	p4vc [options] workspaces
clients	Same as workspaces. Shows list of workspaces	p4vc [options] clients
shutdown	Shut downs the p4v service. This command does not require a client workspace.	p4vc [options] shutdown