[p4] p4 protect -- order of entries - Russell C. Jackson - com.perforce.perforce-user

7 messages in com.perforce.perforce-user[p4] p4 protect -- order of entries

From	Sent On	Attachments
Matthew Goos	16 Nov 2001 10:47
Mike Castle	16 Nov 2001 11:28
Russell C. Jackson	16 Nov 2001 11:44
Matthew Goos	16 Nov 2001 13:12
Mike Castle	16 Nov 2001 13:39
Ken Wilson	16 Nov 2001 13:43
Russell C. Jackson	16 Nov 2001 17:53

Subject:	[p4] p4 protect -- order of entries
From:	Russell C. Jackson (rcja...@alum.atu.edu)
Date:	11/16/2001 05:53:26 PM
List:	com.perforce.perforce-user

Between the two of us, we'll get all the info. on this one out there so that it makes sense.

Thanks, Rusty

-----Original Message----- From: perf...@perforce.com [mailto:perforce-user-admin at perforce.com]On Behalf Of Mike Castle Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:40 PM To: perforce-user at perforce.com Subject: Re: [p4] p4 protect -- order of entries

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 01:12:56PM -0800, Matthew Goos wrote:

"Perforce makes the first of two passes through the protections table. Both passes move up the protections table, bottom to top, looking for the first relevant line."

The phrase "the first relevant line" is the key here.

Once it finds a match, it stops looking.

So, do general configuration towards the top, and specific ones towards the bottom.

mrc