RCS & Perforce Command Comparison

SUMMARY

This article compares RCS commands and their Perforce equivalents. Use this table to determine the Perforce command that corresponds to an RCS command.

DETAILS

The following table summarizes SCM tasks and their corresponding commands in both RCS and Perforce. If a command is not listed, it does not exist.

Operation	RCS Command	Perforce Command
Set User Information		p4 user
Set Client Information		p4 client
Checkout File	co <file>	p4 sync <file>; p4 edit <file>
Get Specific Revision of File	co -r<rev> <file>	p4 sync <file>#<rev>; p4 edit <file>
Checkout and Lock File	co -l <file>	p4 sync <file>; p4 edit <file>; p4 lock <file>
Revert (Undo Checkout) File	co -u -d -M <file>	p4 revert <file>
Initial Check-in of File	ci -i <file>	p4 add <file>; p4 submit -d "<description>"
Check-in of File	ci -u <file>	p4 submit <file>
Check-in all opened files		p4 submit -d "<description>"
Show log (file header)	rlog -h <file>	p4 files <file>
Show log (file)	rlog <file>	p4 filelog -l <file>
Show log (latest revision)	rlog -r <file>	p4 filelog -l -m1 <file>
Show log (set of files in a change)		p4 describe -s <changelist>
Lock a file	rcs -l <file>	p4 lock <file>
Unlock a file	rcs -u <file>	p4 unlock <file>
Change the description of a change	rcs -mrev:<msg> file	p4 change -f <changelist> (requires admin/super access)
Create a label		p4 label <labelname>
Attach a label to a file	rcs -n<name>[:[rev]] <file>	p4 tag -l <label> <file>[#<rev>]
Remove a file revision	rcs -o<rev> <file>	p4 delete <file>#<rev.
List all checkout files	get_checkedout	p4 opened
List opened files by user	get_checkedout -u <user>	p4 -u <user> opened
List files waiting to be updated		p4 sync -n
Update all files	update_version	p4 sync
Compare file to stored revision	rcsdiff <file>	p4 diff -f <file>
Compare file revision to stored revision	rcsdiff -r<rev> <file>	p4 diff -f <file>#<rev>
Compare two revisions	rcsdiff -r<rev1> -r<rev2> <file>	p4 diff2 <file>#<rev1> <file>#<rev2>
List which files have changed		p4 diff -se
List files opened and changed		p4 diff -sa
List files missing from workspace		p4 diff -sd