X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fimagex-export.1.in;h=e0991fc7b645b1a2ab8e099edb735c185e67656f;hb=16aab5992bfe8c33e2815b4ce5c9ebd7ec130c21;hp=164b1d01d2c33c029a7822d2aa8318b54eee6d5b;hpb=fd4b7f8da1550b65583b351a9af2672e6f825963;p=wimlib diff --git a/doc/imagex-export.1.in b/doc/imagex-export.1.in index 164b1d01..e0991fc7 100644 --- a/doc/imagex-export.1.in +++ b/doc/imagex-export.1.in @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -.TH IMAGEX "1" "October 2012" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands" +.TH IMAGEX "1" "April 2013" "@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ @VERSION@" "User Commands" .SH NAME -imagex-export \- Exports an image from a WIM archive to an existing or new WIM archive +@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-export \- Exports an image from a WIM archive to an existing or new WIM archive .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBimagex export\fR \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR (\fISRC_IMAGE_NUM\fR | \ +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ export\fR \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR (\fISRC_IMAGE_NUM\fR | \ \fISRC_IMAGE_NAME\fR | all ) \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR [\fIDEST_IMAGE_NAME\fR\] \ [\fIDEST_IMAGE_DESCRIPTION\fR] [\fIOPTION\fR]... @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ If given, \fIDEST_IMAGE_DESCRIPTION\fR specifies the description to give the image being exported to \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR. The default is its description in \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR. -\fBimagex export\fR supports exporting images from stand-alone WIMs as well as +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ export\fR supports exporting images from stand-alone WIMs as well as from split WIMs. However, you cannot export an image to a split WIM. See \fBSPLIT WIMS\fR. @@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ If multiple images are being exported, this flag indicates that the image in the error. .TP \fB--check\fR -When reading \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR, verify its integrity if the integrity table is -present; additionally, when writing \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR with the new image added, -write an integrity table. If this option is not specified, no integrity table -is included in \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR, even if there was one before. +When reading \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR, and \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR if it exists, verify the +file's integrity if the integrity table is present; additionally, when writing +\fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR with the new image added, write an integrity table. If this +option is not specified, no integrity table is included in \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR, +even if there was one before. .TP \fB--compress\fR=\fITYPE\fR Specifies the compression type for \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR. This is only valid if @@ -60,7 +61,19 @@ that of the input WIM file. You may also specify the actual names of the compression algorithms, "XPRESS" and "LZX", instead of "fast" and "maximum", respectively. - +.TP +\fB--threads\fR=\fINUM_THREADS\fR +Number of threads to use for compressing data. Default: autodetect (number of +processors). Note: if exporting to an uncompressed WIM, or exporting to a WIM +with the same compression type as the source WIM, additional threads will not +be used, regardless of this parameter, since no data compression needs to be +done in these cases. +.TP +\fB--rebuild\fR +When exporting image(s) to an existing WIM: rebuild the entire WIM rather than +appending data to the end of it. Rebuilding the WIM is slower, but will save a +little bit of space that would otherwise be left as a hole in the WIM. Also see +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ optimize\fR. .TP \fB--ref\fR="\fIGLOB\fR" File glob of additional split WIM parts that are part of the split WIM being @@ -68,7 +81,7 @@ exported. See \fBSPLIT_WIMS\fR. .SH SPLIT WIMS -You may use \fBimagex export\fR to export images from a split WIM. The +You may use \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ export\fR to export images from a split WIM. The \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR argument is used to specify the first part of the split WIM, and the \fB--refs\fR="\fIGLOB\fR" option is used to provide a shell-style file glob that specifies the additional parts of the split WIM. \fIGLOB\fR is expected to @@ -79,7 +92,7 @@ included in the glob (but the first part MUST be specified as \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR well). Here's an example. The names for the split WIMs usually go something like: - + .RS .PP .nf @@ -94,10 +107,19 @@ To export the first image of this split WIM to a new or existing WIM file "other.wim", run: .PP .RS -imagex export mywim.swm 1 other.wim --ref="mywim*.swm" +@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ export mywim.swm 1 other.wim --ref="mywim*.swm" .RE .PP +.SH NOTES + +Unless \fB--rebuild\fR is specified, aborting an \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ export\fR command +mid-way through has a small chance of corrupting the destination WIM file. +However, a precaution is taken against this, so it should be very unlikely. In +the event of an aborted \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ export\fR, \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ optimize\fR can be run to +remove extra data that may have been partially appended to the physical +destination WIM file but not yet incorporated into the structure of the WIM. + .SH EXAMPLES Export the second image of 'boot.wim' to the new WIM file 'new.wim', and change the compression type to maximum, if it wasn't maximum already: @@ -108,5 +130,5 @@ image export boot.wim 2 new.wim --compress=maximum .PP .SH SEE ALSO -.BR imagex (1) +.BR @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ (1)