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by gailium
Thu Feb 15, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: wimlib discussion
Topic: wimlib-imagex : custom temp folder ?
Replies: 6
Views: 8737

Re: wimlib-imagex : custom temp folder ?

wimlib hardly ever uses temporary files, so choosing a different temporary directory wouldn't actually matter. Except it DOES need it for --rebuild or wimoptimize. This lack of an ability to specify temp directory does matter because in a backup type scenario it currently is requiring roughly doubl...
by gailium
Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: wimlib discussion
Topic: Merge two wim files
Replies: 0
Views: 283

Merge two wim files

For example, I have a.wim and b.wim, both have 1 index, how could I copy the content of a.wim index 1 to b.wim index1? For example: a.wim contains test/test1.txt,test/test2.txt two files b.wim contains foo/bar.txt one file Merge the content of a.wim to /a folder of b.wim b.wim now contains a/test/te...
by gailium
Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:15 am
Forum: wimlib discussion
Topic: Dump files from incomplete wims
Replies: 2
Views: 3964

Re: Dump files from incomplete wims

So the hardest part is to find out the beginning and end of each file, and its compression algorithm?
by gailium
Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:01 am
Forum: wimlib discussion
Topic: Dump files from incomplete wims
Replies: 2
Views: 3964

Dump files from incomplete wims

Is it possible to dump files from incomplete wim files ? For example, run wimlib capture to create a wim file and terminate wimlib during the process. This creates a broken wim file but it should contain some files of the original directory. It seems that metadata of these files are missing. Is it p...
by gailium
Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:56 am
Forum: wimlib discussion
Topic: How to build a static MSVC library of wimlib?
Replies: 2
Views: 5387

Re: How to build a static MSVC library of wimlib?

It seems that wimlib used too many GCC and CLANG specific functions, macros and stuff like typeof() and __attribute__. A port to MSVC should replace these stuff to MSVC specific alternatives, which is theoretically possible but requires a lot of work. It seems that alignment is broken on msvc. Will ...
by gailium
Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:28 am
Forum: wimlib discussion
Topic: Can I use wimlib in another project?
Replies: 1
Views: 5208

Can I use wimlib in another project?

Hello, I would like to use wimlib in a open-source project, is it allowed by wimlib's license agree agreement? If so, what kind of projects may I be allowed to use wimlib?