how to set up p4 view to avoid file(s) not on client issue-CodePudding

I try to run p4 on windows' powershell, and here is my problem.

p4 client

...
Host: my_machine
Root: C:\mywork\
...
View: //gmag/a/b/c/... //my_machine/gmag/a/b/c/...
...

Now I want to edit a file at: C:\mywork\gmag\a\b\c\d\e\this_file so I am running:

cd C:\mywork\gmag\a\b\c\d\e
p4 edit this_file

my_file - file(s) not on client

I also tried:

cd C:\mywork\gmag\a\b\c
p4 edit this_file

my_file - file(s) not on client

cd C:\mywork\gmag\a\b\c
p4 edit .\d\e\this_file

my_file - file(s) not on client

Does anyone know what is missing here?

CodePudding user response：

As the error message says, the thing that's missing is the client file. Do:

p4 sync this_file

That will sync the file from the depot to your client, and then you can edit it. To save time when you need to edit another file, you might want to just sync your entire workspace:

p4 sync

If syncing doesn't work, try p4 files this_file to see if it even exists in the depot. If it doesn't exist in the depot but it does exist on your client, you need to add it, not edit it.