-.TH IMAGEX "1" "May 2012" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands"
+.TH IMAGEX "1" "September 2012" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
imagex delete \- Delete an image from a WIM archive
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBimagex delete\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR (\fIIMAGE_NUM\fR | \fIIMAGE_NAME\fR | all ) [--check]
+\fBimagex delete\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR \fIIMAGE\fR [--check]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
-\fBimagex delete\fR deletes the specified image from \fIWIMFILE\fR.
+\fBimagex delete\fR deletes the specified image from the Windows Imaging (WIM)
+file \fIWIMFILE\fR.
-The image to delete may be specified by \fIIMAGE_NUM\fR, which must be an
-integer that is an index of an image in the WIM file, starting at 1.
-Alternatively, it may be the name of an image in the WIM file, or the keyword
-"all", which specifies that all images are to be deleted.
+\fIIMAGE\fR specifies the WIM image to deleted. It may be a 1-based index of an
+image in the WIM, the name of an image in the WIM, or the keyword "all" to
+indicate that all images are to be deleted. Use the \fBimagex info\fR (1)
+command to show what images a WIM file contains.
-The WIM file is recreated with all unnecessary file resources removed. This is
-different from imagex.exe, which only will delete the metadata and XML entries
-for this operation.
+.SH NOTES
+
+The WIM file is rebuilt with all unnecessary file data removed. This is
+different from Microsoft's imagex.exe, which only will delete the directory tree
+metadata and XML data for this operation.
Also, unlike imagex.exe, it is legal to delete all the images from a WIM and
have a WIM with 0 images, although such a file wouldn't be very useful.
+\fBimagex delete\fR does not support split WIMs.
+
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 6
\fB--check\fR
present; additionally, when rewriting \fIWIMFILE\fR after the specified image was
deleted, write an integrity table. If this option is not specified, no integrity
table is included in the new WIM file, even if there was one before.
+
+.SH EXAMPLES
+Delete the first image from 'boot.wim':
+.RS
+.PP
+image delete boot.wim 1
+.RE
+.PP
+
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR imagex (1)