flush -- Fake a 'p4 sync' by not moving files p4 flush [ -f -n ] [ file[revRange] ... ] 'p4 flush' is a variant of p4 sync that bypasses the client file update. It can be used to make the server believe that a client workspace already has a file. Because 'p4 flush' doesn't move files, it works especially quickly. As its purpose is to correct the Perforce server when it is wrong about what files are on the client, use of 'p4 flush' can confuse the server if you are wrong about the client's contents. 'p4 flush' takes the same flags as p4 sync