How to fix Perforce error “Can't clobber writable file” or Perforce Error Message - Can't Clobber Writable File

Question

Error: Can\'t clobber writable file : //file name//

Solution: When you try to sync a file, perforce expects your files in workspace wil

Answer 1

p4 sync -f will force an unopened file to be updated, whether or not it is out of date, and whether or not it is writable. (Open files are still skipped.)

It works