Perforce Passwords displayed as clear text

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Thanks for the response...

Yes i realise i could avoid it by not showing the command in the logs, but we are finding it useful to log the exact command created incase we do have an error we know what command was ruyn. Now the build script is polished and working fine though, perhaps i dont need to output it anymore.


As foir setting the environment variable P4PASSWD... i cant see how this is very secure either, as opening the .bld file in notepad will reveal it's value:
<step action='Set Macro' type='0'>
<MacroEnvVar type='11'>-1</MacroEnvVar>
<MacroName>P4PASSWD</MacroName>
<MacroValue>pass</MacroValue>
<description>Store the Perforce password in the P4PASSWD macro/environment variable</description>
<name>create env var</name>
</step>


What i am doing is using a custom user action ive written in c#.NET to get the required perforce settings (as well as other build options) and then store them as temporary macros. The advantage of this is that the tempoirary macro isnt stored in the .bld file, so once the script is run and VBPro closes, the perforce password and other details are no longer visible anywhere.


I suppose i was just saying maybe in a future version, if the option "output command" is ticked, the password (if provided) could be masked out for security