have to set port every time in command line when t

Question

I'm new to Perforce, need to work in command line, i'm so confused why all the commands on the tutorial websites all write like $p4 command, but I have to add the port every time when try to trigger that command, for an example, for $p4 sync, i have to type $p4 -p myhost:myport sync every time even after I logged in, if i missed the host and port, like if i just typing $p4 sync, the program will just hang in there... anyone can provide some suggestions?

Answer 1

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p4 set P4PORT=myhost:myport

From that point on, "myhost:myport" will be used as the P4PORT when you run commands.

If you use multiple workspaces/servers, P4CONFIG files make it easy to have different sets of settings (based on your working directory), but for a single value, "p4 set" is a nice persistent one-shot method.

Answer 2

There are a couple ways to make myhost:1666 the default. These are, in the order of decreasing precedence:

1. command-line options (like -p myhost:1666)
2. the P4CONFIG file
3. environment variables (%P4PORT%)
4. on Windows, the registry (use p4 set P4PORT=myhost:1666 to set it)

See the docs here.

In your case, I guess the registry (if on Windows) or the env. var. (if on Linux) is the best option.