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P4 CLI Reference | 2025.1

# File types for common file extensions

To learn about mapping file names to P4 Server file types, see the `p4 typemap` command and the File type modifiers.

P4 file type | File Extension example | Note
--- | --- | ---
`text` | .css, .html, .ini, .java, .js, .ps, .svg | Text saved in the client's character set.
text+wx | .sh | Shell script that is writable and executable.
`binary` | .dll, .pdf, .png, .jpg, .docx, `.xlsx`, `.pptx`, | Image files, compressed archives.
`binary+F` | `.avi`, .gif, .gz, .mpg, .zip, .jar | P4 Server does not compress this file type, which might have its own compression.
`binary+w` | `.exp`, .lib | Some software development file types that should be writable by default.
binary+x | .exe | Executable on client.

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