X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fimagex.1.in;h=02def4b2cccc2ab4c4be2ef252851ab1df7c5113;hb=9aa9a387906341315fab3f097fdadb3a76fcf280;hp=6d0053ce6b9f427d9f8aacce162295696943a425;hpb=e510d33bc53ca66de7737d49b8086532bac2e4f7;p=wimlib diff --git a/doc/imagex.1.in b/doc/imagex.1.in index 6d0053ce..02def4b2 100644 --- a/doc/imagex.1.in +++ b/doc/imagex.1.in @@ -84,24 +84,29 @@ WIM integrity table is supported (\fB--check\fR option to many commands) .IP \[bu] WIM XML data (parsed and written using \fBlibxml\fR(3)) .SH DIFFERENCES FROM MICROSOFT IMAGEX -While similar to Microsoft's "imagex.exe" program, this program is designed for -UNIX-based systems and by the nature of the platform cannot be exactly the same -as Microsoft's version. In addition, I have added additional useful features -when appropriate. -.IP \[bu] 4 -Because Microsoft designed the WIM file format to accomodate Windows-specific -and NTFS-specific features, wimlib must have two separate image capture and -application modes (although the \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR subcommands for the modes are the -same): one for general image capture and application, and one for the capture or -application of an image specifically from/to an NTFS volume. +Although \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR is similar to Microsoft's implementation of +ImageX, there are a number of key differences between the two programs: +.IP \[bu] 6 +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR is supported on both UNIX-based systems and Windows; +thus, much functionality was designed around this. +.IP \[bu] +The command-line syntax of the two programs is similar but not exactly the same. +.IP \[bu] +On UNIX, because Microsoft designed the WIM file format to accomodate +Windows-specific and NTFS-specific features, wimlib must have two separate image +capture and application modes (although the \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR subcommands +for the modes are the same): one for general image capture and application, and +one for the capture or application of an image specifically from/to an NTFS +volume. .IP "" -Note: the above applies to UNIX builds. On the Windows builds of wimlib, there -is only one image capture and application mode, similar to Microsoft's ImageX. +Note: the above applies to UNIX builds of \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR. On the +Windows build, there is only one image capture and application mode, similar to +Microsoft's ImageX. .IP \[bu] Microsoft's version has some weird limitations, like it won't let you extract a WIM on a shared folder, and it requires some commands to be run only from -Windows PE and not from regular Windows. This version does not have these -unusual limitations. +Windows PE and not from regular Windows. \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR does not have +these unusual limitations. .IP \[bu] There are bugs in Microsoft's WIM library and I obviously have not included the same bugs in wimlib, although in some cases I have had to work around bugs for @@ -128,6 +133,8 @@ and files together in a configurable way to create a WIM image. .IP \[bu] wimlib's XPRESS compressor is better than Microsoft's. .IP \[bu] +wimlib's LZX compressor is worse than Microsoft's. +.IP \[bu] wimlib supports multithreaded compression, which can make it much faster to create compressed WIM files. .IP \[bu] @@ -144,11 +151,17 @@ is only available in UNIX builds.) Microsoft's software does not. (Note: this functionality is only available in UNIX builds.) .SH LOCALES AND CHARACTER ENCODINGS -On Windows, wimlib 1.3.2 and later works in UTF-16LE, and there should be no -problems with character encodings. +On Windows, wimlib works in UTF-16LE, and there should be no problems with +character encodings. .PP On UNIX, wimlib works primarily in the locale-dependent multibyte encoding, which you are strongly recommended to set to UTF-8 to avoid any problems. +.SH CASE SENSITIVITY +The case sensitivity of \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR differs somewhat between UNIX +and Windows. \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR internally treats filenames as +case-sensitive, but on Windows it will treat paths actually provided by the user +as case-insensitive in order to get the "expected" behavior. Otherwise, options +and non-path arguments should be specified in lower case. .SH WARNING Note: \fBwimlib\fR and \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR are experimental. Use Microsoft's imagex.exe if you have to make sure your WIM files are made "correctly". Feel