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Errata for Practical Perforce

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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

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Version	Location	Description	Submitted By
Printed	Page vii 3rd paragraph	4th sentence of 3rd paragraph on page vii of the preface has a spelling error. "Documention," should read "Documentation,".	Anonymous
Printed	Page x Figure P-2	In the top-left bubble indicating the server, Perforce is misspelled Preforce.	Anonymous
Printed	Page 28 1st paragraph of the TIP, 2nd sentence	Sentence reads: "The @> revision syntax, for example, is one them." Sentence should read: "The @> revision syntax, for example, is one of them."	Anonymous
Printed	Page 34 3rd code snippet	p4 integrate projectA/... projectB/... edp4 submit "edp4" should be "p4"	Anonymous
Printed	Page 42 first line, first paragraph	cparticular Should be:particular	Anonymous
Printed	Page 44 examples in "Deleting depot files" (cont'd on page 45)	The paths in the "p4 sync" commands have an extra "w" instead of "c:wsdevwwww" Should be: "c:wsdevwww".	Anonymous
Printed	Page 50 "The Ambiguities of SCM Terminology" inset	The "img tag" examples in the second bullet point should be in constant width font.	Anonymous
Printed	Page 53 Example of "Resolving files automatically"	The sample command should be "p4 resolve -as", not just "resolve -as". Similar errors appear on pages 56 ("resolve -at") and 57 ("resolve -ay").	Anonymous
Printed	Page 97 first paragraph of section "Integrating changes incrementally"	In the last sentence, "integating" Should be: "integrating"	Anonymous
Printed	Page 104 second-last paragraph	In the last sentence, the word "you" is unnecessary Should be "...you'll be prompted to resolve...".	Anonymous
Printed	Page 106 at the top of page	p4 integ //Ace/Main/...@3456 //Ace/V1/... should be: p4 integ //Ace/V1/...@3456 //Ace/Main/...	Anonymous
Printed	Page 106 3rd paragraph (and Figure 4-17)	from author: "Compare this with figure 4-17" should read "Compare this with figure 4-16". "the symbol for MAIN/readme#11" should read "the symbols for MAIN/readme". Figure 4-17 doesn't quite match the example. The MAIN/readme has too many revisions. Its highest revision should be 9, connected by an arrow coming from V1/readme.	Anonymous
Printed	Page 116 Second paragraph in "Keeping target files from being deleted" section	The second paragraph in the "Keeping target files from being deleted" section is redundant.	Anonymous
Printed	Page 120 second paragraph, second sentence	"orginal" should be "original"	Anonymous
Printed	Page 120 Item 2 in list	(from author) The "p4 integ" example is completely wrong. It should be: p4 integ -h -f //Ace/V1/db/Jamfile@3461,3461 //Ace/MAIN/db/Jamfile Also, the explanatory note that follows should say: The revision range @3461,3461 makes Perforce use @3460 as the merge base.	Anonymous
Printed	Page 139 2nd example under "Searching for jobs"	Example says: p4 jobs -e "status=open user=carl\|usr=ann login window\|dialog siz" Should say: p4 jobs -e "status=open user=carl\|user=ann login window\|dialog siz"	Anonymous
Printed	Page 170 first paragraph	"because we face deadlines and market pressures to face" should be: "because we face deadlines and market pressures".	Anonymous
Printed	Page 173 fourth paragraph, third sentence	space missing between "feature" and "gives"	Anonymous
Printed	Page 179 First paragraph	"DEVX" should be "DEVZ"	Anonymous
Printed	Page 180 references to this page in the index	The "porting branches" heading on this page is indexed as "posting branches" and "branches, posting". Index needs to be changed.	Anonymous
Printed	Page 193 Fifth list item	//Tango/Dist/ has a trailing slash that is not present on any of the other items.	Anonymous
Printed	Page 205 "Nightly Builds", first sentence	"nightly" is misspelled "nighty"	Anonymous
Printed	Page 221 first bullet in the box near top of page	"Once possibility is that..." should be: "One possibility is that..."	Anonymous
Printed	Page 234 the last two "comm" program examples	The two comm program examples on this page need both the -1 and -3 options to get the desired results. The -1 option is missing from both. The examples should read: comm -1 -3 tempfile1 tempfile2 > tempfile3 comm -1 -3 tempfile4 tempfile5 > tempfile6	Anonymous
Printed	Page 256 section titled "Workspace file filters"	The text says that Bob is adding filters to the AGUI-bob workspace view. Unfortunately the examples don't match the AGUI-bob view shown in the preceding section.	Anonymous
Printed	Page 262 Last sentence in the box	"...by editing the its spec form." should be "...by editing its spec form." or "...by editing the spec form."	Anonymous
Printed	Page 280 #3	//Ace/MAIN/utils/... //DONDEV-master/utils/... //Ace/MAIN/tests/... //DONDEV-master/tests/... Should be: //Ace/DONDEV/utils/... //DONDEV-master/utils/... //Ace/DONDEV/tests/... //DONDEV-master/tests/...	Anonymous
Printed	Page 298 First paragraph in "Showstoppers in WEBQA" section	The URL does not match the scenario being discussed. The correct URL is "http://webmain.ace.com".	Anonymous