X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=f5ba0b8921ed3e79e26c24c9a6a7c47f87e91a67;hb=ff5bc819b64a59560c883bc3354fe4e4b2d7798c;hp=b2ef0e94fda3ad708ec6ef54dd47a138d1c86300;hpb=368b4360a6ec843a179ab90ccbe4474e1ceab08e;p=wimlib diff --git a/README b/README index b2ef0e94..f5ba0b89 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ for Debian and RPM packaging are in the debian/ and rpm/ directories. To install wimlib and wimlib-imagex on Windows, just download and extract the ZIP file containing the latest binaries. See README.WINDOWS for more details. -All official wimlib releases are available from SourceForge -(http://sourceforge.net/projects/wimlib/files). +All official wimlib releases are available from http://wimlib.net. WIM FILES @@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ file extension rather than ".wim". They are supported in wimlib since v1.6.0. IMAGEX IMPLEMENTATION wimlib itself is a C library, and it provides a documented public API (See: -http://wimlib.sourceforge.net) for other programs to use. However, it is also +http://wimlib.net/apidoc) for other programs to use. However, it is also distributed with a command-line program called "wimlib-imagex" that uses this library to implement an imaging tool similar to Microsoft's ImageX. wimlib-imagex supports almost all the capabilities of Microsoft's ImageX as well @@ -365,6 +364,14 @@ has optional support for storing UNIX owners, groups, modes, and special files such as device nodes and FIFOs. Actually, I use it to back up my own files on Linux! + HISTORY + +wimlib was originally a project started by Carl Thijssen for use on Linux in the +Ultimate Deployment Appliance (http://www.ultimatedeployment.org/). Since then +the code has been entirely rewritten and improved (main author: Eric Biggers). +Windows support has been available since version 1.3.0 (March 2013). A list of +version-to-version changes can be found in the NEWS file. + LICENSE AND DISCLAIMER See COPYING for information about the license.