public static String createClientspec( PerforceScmProviderRepository repo, String specname, File workDir )
    {
        String clientspecName = getClientspecName( repo, workDir );
        String userName = getUsername( repo );
        String rootDir = null;
        try {
            rootDir = workDir.getCanonicalPath();
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            //getLogger().error("Error getting canonical path for working directory: " + workDir, ex);
            rootDir = workDir.getAbsolutePath();
        }

        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        buf.append( "Client: " ).append( clientspecName ).append( NEWLINE );
        buf.append( "Root: " ).append( rootDir ).append( NEWLINE );
        buf.append( "Owner: " ).append( userName ).append( NEWLINE );
        buf.append( "View:" ).append( NEWLINE );
        buf.append( "\t" ).append( PerforceScmProvider.getCanonicalRepoPath( repo.getPath() ) );
        buf.append( " //" ).append( clientspecName ).append( "/..." ).append( NEWLINE );
        buf.append( "Description:" ).append( NEWLINE );
        buf.append( "\t" ).append( "Created by maven-scm-provider-perforce" ).append( NEWLINE );
        return buf.toString();
    }