Base filetypes

The base file types of P4 Server and their default storage.

Keyword	Description	Comments	Default storage
`binary`	Non-text file	Synced as binary files in the workspace. Stored compressed within the depot.	full file, compressed
`text`	Text file	Synced as text in the workspace. Line-ending translations are performed automatically.	full file, compressed
`symlink`	Symbolic link	P4 Server applications on UNIX, macOS, recent versions of Windows treat these files as symbolic links. On other platforms, these files appear as (small) text files. On Windows, you require `admin` privileges or an appropriate group policy must be set, otherwise, you get text files.	full file, compressed
`unicode`	Unicode file	Services operating in unicode mode support the `unicode` file type. These files are translated into the local character set specified by `P4CHARSET`. Line-ending translations are performed automatically. Services not in unicode mode do not support the `unicode` file type. For details, see the Internationalization Notes.	full file in UTF-8 format, compressed
`utf8`	Unicode file	Synced in the client workspace with the UTF-8 BOM (byte order mark). Whether the service is in unicode mode or not, files are transferred as UTF-8 in the client workspace. Line-ending translations are performed automatically. For details, see the Internationalization Notes.	full file in UTF-8 format, compressed without the UTF-8 BOM (byte order mark)
`utf16`	Unicode file	Whether the service is in unicode mode or not, files are transferred as UTF-8, and translated to UTF-16 (with byte order mark, in the byte order appropriate for the user’s machine) in the client workspace. Line-ending translations are performed automatically. For details, see the Internationalization Notes.	full file in UTF-8 format, compressed
apple		A legacy format of Apple Inc.
resource		For resource forks on legacy Apple computers, which are no longer supported by Apple Inc.

Prior to the 2022.1 release

Prior to the 2022.1 release, the default storage was deltas in RCS forma, except that files of type binary were always compressed. Since 2022.1, the lbr.autocompress configurable, by default, causes files of type text, symlink, unicode, utf8, and utf16 to be compressed.