Delete files

Deleting files is more complicated than just deleting them from your filesystem. To mark files for delete, issue the p4 delete command. In this case, we choose to delete just the header files.

$ p4 delete *.h

Helix server displays the following:

//JamCode/main/file1.h#1 - opened for delete
//JamCode/main/file2.h#1 - opened for delete
//JamCode/main/file3.h#1 - opened for delete

As in Edit files, you issue the p4 submit command to have the deletion affect files in the depot:

$ p4 submit

Helix server opens the change specification in an editor:

# A Perforce Change Specification.
#
#  Change:      The change number. 'new' on a new changelist.
#  Date:        The date this specification was last modified.
#  Client:      The client on which the changelist was created.  Read-only.
#  User:        The user who created the changelist.
#  Status:      Either 'pending' or 'submitted'. Read-only.
#  Type:        Either 'public' or 'restricted'. Default is 'public'.
#  Description: Comments about the changelist.  Required.
#  ImportedBy:  The user who fetched or pushed this change to this server.
#  Identity:    Identifier for this change.
#  Jobs:        What opened jobs are to be closed by this changelist.
#               You may delete jobs from this list.  (New changelists only.)
#  Files:       What opened files from the default changelist are to be added
#               to this changelist.  You may delete files from this list.
#               (New changelists only.)

Change: new

Client: jschaffer_ws

User:   jschaffer

Status: new

Description:
        <enter description here>

Files:
        //JamCode/main/file1.h # delete
        //JamCode/main/file2.h # delete
        //JamCode/main/file3.h # delete

Enter a description under Description and then save your changes, to store the changes you made in the Helix server depot. Something like the following output is displayed:

Change 3 created with 3 open file(s).
Submitting change 3.
Locking 3 files ...
delete //JamCode/main/file1.h#2
delete //JamCode/main/file2.h#2
delete //JamCode/main/file3.h#2
Change 3 submitted.