1 P4::C4

This is the P4::C4 Perl Package.

1.1 Copyright

This package is Copyright 2002-2005 by Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>.

You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Perl Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.

This code is provided with no warranty of any kind, and is used entirely at your own risk.

1.2 Description

This package wraps the Perforce client in a CVS like wrapper.

1.3 Obtaining Distribution

The latest version is available at `http://www.perl.org/CPAN/'

Download the latest package from that site, and decompress. `gunzip P4-C4_version.tar.gz ; tar xvf P4-C4_version.tar'

1.4 Supported Systems

This version of P4::C4 has been built and tested on:

• i386-linux

It should run on any Unix system with Perforce, provided that the required perl modules below are ported to the platform. Minor porting may be required for Windows systems.

1.5 Installation

1. Before installing this module, you need the Perforce Perl library, P4::Client, available from CPAN or www.perforce.com. This in turn requires the Perforce API, also available from www.perforce.com.
2. `cd' to the directory containing this README notice.
3. Type `perl Makefile.PL' to configure P4::C4 for your system.
4. Type `make' to compile P4::C4.
5. Type `make test' to check the compilation. You will need a P4 deamon running. It will NOT change the repository.
6. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and documentation.
7. Type `c4 help' to see the command line interface.

1.6 Differences from C4-1.6

This C4 package is based upon c4-1.6 written in C by Neil Russell in 1999. It has the same basic operations, with several minor differences. For these differences, see the bottom of the Changes file in the same directory as this readme.