X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fimagex-capture.1.in;h=18d07ed6c40831e5ca76d99ea8833d80c006ad12;hb=3aa846ad95a803bc8d58894169ba11d07b9d553b;hp=a25794c8b433ec015093fab084e1f20c9e60bb48;hpb=af1a9f0d89f9d4428776238a561a6a5b6900f2d4;p=wimlib diff --git a/doc/imagex-capture.1.in b/doc/imagex-capture.1.in index a25794c8..18d07ed6 100644 --- a/doc/imagex-capture.1.in +++ b/doc/imagex-capture.1.in @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH WIMLIB-IMAGEX "1" "August 2013" "@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ @VERSION@" "User Commands" +.TH WIMLIB-IMAGEX "1" "October 2013" "@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ @VERSION@" "User Commands" .SH NAME @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-capture, @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-append \- Create or append a WIM image .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -388,26 +388,27 @@ default for \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR, except when writing to standard output (\fIWIMFILE\fR specified as "-"), and also for \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ append\fR, except when appending to a WIM that is already pipable. .TP -\fB--update-of\fR=[\fIWIMFILE\fR]:\fIIMAGE\fR -Declares that the image being captured from \fISOURCE\fR is mostly the same as +\fB--update-of\fR=[\fIWIMFILE\fR:]\fIIMAGE\fR +Declares that the image being captured or appended from \fISOURCE\fR is mostly the same as the existing image \fIIMAGE\fR in \fIWIMFILE\fR, but captured at a later point in time, possibly with some modifications in the intervening time. This is designed to be used in incremental backups of the same filesystem or directory tree. \fIIMAGE\fR can be a 1-based index or name of an existing image in \fIWIMFILE\fR. It can also be a negative integer to index backwards into the -images (e.g. -1 means the last existing image). +images (e.g. -1 means the last existing image in \fIWIMFILE\fR). .IP "" When this option is provided, the capture or append of the new image will be optimized by not reading files that, based on metadata such as timestamps, appear not to have been modified since they were archived in the existing \fIIMAGE\fR. Barring manipulation of timestamps, this option only affects -performance and does not change the resulting WIM file. +performance and does not change the resulting WIM image. .IP "" As shown, the full syntax for the argument to this option is to specify the WIM -file, a colon, and the image; for example, "--update-of mywim.wim:1". -However, the WIM file may be omitted, in which case it will default to the WIM -file being appended to for append operations, or the WIM file from which a delta -is being taken (with \fB--delta-from\fR, if specified) for capture operations. +file, a colon, and the image; for example, "--update-of mywim.wim:1". However, +the WIM file and colon may be omitted, in which case the WIM file will default +to the WIM file being appended to for append operations, or the WIM file from +which a delta is being taken (only if \fB--delta-from\fR is specified exactly +once) for capture operations. .TP \fB--delta-from\fR=\fIWIMFILE\fR For \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR only: capture the new WIM as a "delta" from @@ -416,12 +417,16 @@ WIM are omitted if they are already present in the \fIWIMFILE\fR on which the delta is being based. The new WIM will still contain a full copy of the image metadata, but this is typically only a small fraction of a WIM's total size. .IP "" +This option can be specified multiple times, in which case the resulting delta +WIM will only contain streams not present in any of the specified base +\fIWIMFILE\fRs. +.IP "" To operate on the resulting delta WIM using other commands such as \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ apply\fR, you must specify the delta WIM as the WIM file to -operate on, but also reference the base WIM using the \fB--ref\fR option. +operate on, but also reference the base WIM(s) using the \fB--ref\fR option. Beware: to retain the proper functioning of the delta WIM, you can only add, not -delete, files and images to the base WIM following the capture of a delta from -it. +delete, files and images to the base WIM(s) following the capture of a delta +from it. .IP "" \fB--delta-from\fR may be combined with \fB--update-of\fR to increase the speed of capturing a delta WIM. @@ -455,13 +460,13 @@ modified. Note: unlike "pipable" WIMs (created with the \fB--pipable\fR option), "delta" WIMs (created with the \fB--delta-from\fR option) are compatible with Microsoft's software. You can use the /ref option of imagex.exe to reference -the base WIM, similar to above. +the base WIM(s), similar to above. .IP "" Additional note: \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR is generalized enough that you can in fact combine \fB--pipable\fR and \fB--delta-from\fR to create pipable delta -WIMs. In such cases, the base WIM must be captured as pipable as well as the -delta WIM, and when applying an image, the base WIM must be sent over the pipe -after the delta WIM. +WIMs. In such cases, the base WIM(s) must be captured as pipable as well as the +delta WIM, and when applying an image, the base WIM(s) must be sent over the +pipe after the delta WIM. .SH NOTES \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ append\fR does not support appending an image to a split WIM. .PP