-.TH IMAGEX "1" "November 2012" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands"
+.TH IMAGEX "1" "March 2013" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
imagex-apply \- Extract one image, or all images, from a WIM archive
extracted from the WIM image(s):
.IP \[bu] 4
-Security descriptors (file permissions)
+Security descriptors (file permissions) except through the extensions available
+through the \fB--unix-data\fR option
.IP \[bu]
The alternate (named) data streams for each file
.IP \[bu]
the \fBmkntfs\fR (8) command.
The NTFS extraction mode is not available if wimlib was compiled using the
---without-ntfs-3g option.
+\fB--without-ntfs-3g\fR option.
Please note that the NTFS extraction mode is \fInot\fR entered if \fITARGET\fR
is a directory, even if a NTFS filesystem is mounted on \fITARGET\fR. You must
.PP
-Since all information from the WIM image is should be restored in the NTFS
-extraction mode, it is possible to restore an image of an actual Windows
-installation. In the examples at the end of this manual page, there is an
-example of applying an image from the "install.wim" file contained in the
-installation media for Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 in the "sources"
-directory.
+Since all information from the WIM image is restored in the NTFS extraction
+mode, it is possible to restore an image of an actual Windows installation. In
+the examples at the end of this manual page, there is an example of applying an
+image from the "install.wim" file contained in the installation media for
+Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 in the "sources" directory.
But in order to actually boot Windows from an applied image, you must understand
the boot process of Windows versions Vista and later. Basically, it is the
well).
Here's an example. The names for the split WIMs usually go something like:
-
+
.RS
.PP
.nf
\fB--ref\fR="\fIGLOB\fR"
File glob of additional split WIM parts that are part of the split WIM being
applied. See \fBSPLIT_WIMS\fR.
+.TP
+\fB--unix-data\fR
+This option may only be given in the normal extraction mode (not NTFS).
+By default, in the normal extraction mode, \fBimagex apply\fR will ignore both
+Windows-style security descriptors and UNIX-specific file owners, groups, and
+modes set when using \fBimagex capture\fR with the \fB--unix-data\fR flag. By
+passing \fB--unix-data\fR to \fBimagex apply\fR instead, this causes this
+UNIX-specific data to be restored when available.
.SH NOTES
of the entire WIM file and is checked separately if the \fB--check\fR option is
specified.
+You cannot use \fBimagex apply\fR to apply a WIM from a pipe (such as standard
+input) because the WIM file format is not designed for this.
+
.SH EXAMPLES
.SS Normal extraction mode
Extract the first image from the Windows PE image from the Windows Vista/7/8