[wimlib] / doc / imagex-update.1.in

.TH IMAGEX "1" "April 2013" "@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ @VERSION@" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-update \- Update a WIM image

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR [\fIIMAGE\fR] [\fIOPTION\fR...] < \fICMDFILE\fR

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP

\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update\fR modifies the specified \fIIMAGE\fR in the Windows
Imaging (WIM) file \fIWIMFILE\fR by adding, deleting, or renaming files or
directories in it.

\fIIMAGE\fR specifies the image in \fIWIMFILE\fR to update.  It may be a 1-based
index of an image in the WIM or the name of an image in the WIM.  Use the
\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ info\fR (1) command to list the images a WIM file contains.
\fIIMAGE\fR may be omitted if \fIWIMFILE\fR contains only one image.

The modifications to perform on the WIM image are specified as a sequence of
commands, one per line, read in a text file from standard input.  It is
recommended that standard input be redirected from a file (\fICMDFILE\fR), as
shown above, rather than typing in commands interactively.

.SH AVAILABLE COMMANDS

This section documents the commands that may appear in the \fICMDFILE\fR
described above.

.SS \fBadd\fR [\fIOPTION\fR...] \fISOURCE\fR \fIDESTINATION\fR
Adds a file or directory tree to the WIM image.  \fISOURCE\fR must specify the
path to a file or directory on your filesystem.  \fIDESTINATION\fR must specify
the path inside the WIM image at which to add the file or directory tree.  If
\fIDESTINATION\fR already exists in the WIM image, then an overlay is attempted;
this can be used to add multiple files to an existing directory in the WIM image
in one command.

The available options for the \fBadd\fR command are:

.TP 6
\fB--verbose\fR
Print the names of files as they are captured.
.TP
\fB--dereference\fR
(UNIX only) Follow symbolic links and archive the files they point to, rather
than archiving the links themselves.
.TP
\fB--unix-data\fR
(UNIX only) Store the UNIX owner, group, and mode of all captured files.  This
is done by adding a special alternate data stream to each directory entry that
contains this information.  Please note that this flag is for convenience only,
in case you want to use \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR to archive files on UNIX.
Microsoft's software will not understand this special information.
.TP
\fB--no-acls\fR
(Windows only) Do not capture files' security descriptors.
.TP
\fB--strict-acls\fR
(Windows only) Fail immediately if the full security descriptor of any file
cannot be read.  The default behavior without this option is to first try
omitting the SACL from the security descriptor, then to try omitting the
security descriptor entirely.  The purpose of this is to capture as much data as
possible without always requiring Administrator privileges.  However, if you
desire that all security descriptors be captured exactly, you may wish to
provide this option, although the Administrator should have permission to read
everything anyway.

.SS \fBdelete\fR [\fIOPTION\fR...] \fIPATH\fR
Deletes a file or directory tree from a WIM image.  \fIPATH\fR must specify the
path inside the WIM image of the file or directory tree to delete.

The available options for the \fBdelete\fR command are:

.TP 6
\fB--force\fR
Do not issue an error if the path to delete does not exist.
.TP
\fB--recursive\fR
Delete the file or directory tree recursively; if not specified, an error is
issued if the path to delete is a directory.

.SS \fBrename\fR \fIOLD_PATH\fR \fINEW_PATH\fR
Renames a file or directory tree inside a WIM image.  \fIOLD_PATH\fR must
specify the old path of the file or directory tree inside the WIM image, and
\fINEW_PATH\fR must specify the new path for the file or directory tree.  This
command follows the semantics of the POSIX \fBrename\fR (3) function; in
particular, a pre-existing file at \fINEW_PATH\fR will be deleted if present,
except in certain cases such as attempting to rename a directory to a
non-directory, which is not allowed.

There are no options available for the \fBrename\fR command.

.SH OPTIONS

.TP 6
\fB--verbose\fR
Use \fB--verbose\fR for all \fBadd\fR commands.
.TP
\fB--dereference\fR
Use \fB--dereference\fR for all \fBadd\fR commands.
.TP
\fB--unix-data\fR
Use \fB--unix-data\fR for all \fBadd\fR commands.
.TP
\fB--no-acls\fR
Use \fB--no-acls\fR for all \fBadd\fR commands.
.TP
\fB--strict-acls\fR
Use \fB--strict-acls\fR for all \fBadd\fR commands.
.TP
\fB--config\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Set the capture configuration file for all \fBadd\fR commands.  See the
description of this option in \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-capture\fR (1).
.TP
\fB--force\fR
Use \fB--force\fR for all \fBdelete\fR commands.
.TP
\fB--recursive\fR
Use \fB--recursive\fR for all \fBdelete\fR commands.
.TP
\fB--check\fR
When reading \fIWIMFILE\fR, verify its integrity if the integrity table is
present; in addition, include an integrity table in the updated WIM.  If this
option is not specified, no integrity table is included in the updated WIM, even
if there was one in the original WIM.
.TP
\fB--threads\fR=\fINUM_THREADS\fR
Number of threads to use for compressing newly added files.  Default: autodetect
(number of processors).
.TP
\fB--rebuild\fR
Rebuild the entire WIM rather than appending the updated 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 (1).

.SH NOTES

\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update\fR is partly redundant with \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@
mountrw\fR, since if a WIM image can be mounted read-write, then there
theoretically is no need for \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update\fR.  The main advantage
of \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update\fR is that is works on both UNIX and Windows,
whereas \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mountrw\fR only works on UNIX.

Symbolic links inside a WIM image are not dereferenced when being interpreted.
So, for example, if you have a WIM image that contains a symbolic link
"/Documents and Settings" -> "/Users" where "/Users" is a directory, then a
subdirectory named "Public" in this directory must be specified as
"/Users/Public" rather than "/Documents and Settings/Public".

The command file (\fICMDFILE\fR) is parsed by \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update\fR
itself and not by the system shell.  Therefore, its syntax is limited.  However,
comment lines beginning with '#' are allowed, and it is also possible to quote
arguments with whitespace inside them.

On UNIX, you cannot use \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update\fR to add files to an image
directly from a NTFS volume using libntfs-3g, even though \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@
capture\fR supports capturing a full image this way.

It is safe to abort an \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update\fR command partway through;
however, after doing this, it is recommended to run \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@
optimize\fR to remove any data that was appended to the physical WIM file but
not yet incorporated into the structure of the WIM.

.SH EXAMPLES

Delete two files from a WIM image:

.RS
\fIupdate_commands.txt\fR:
.RS
.PP
.nf
delete /setup.exe
delete /sources/setup.exe
.fi
.RE
.RE

.RS
$ @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update boot.wim 2 < update_commands.txt
.RE

Add some files and directories to a WIM image; note that the first paths specify
the files to add, while the second paths specify the locations at which to to
add them \fIinside the WIM image\fR:

.RS
\fIupdate_commands.txt\fR:
.RS
.PP
.nf
add somedir     /dir
add somefile    /dir/file
.fi
.RE
.RE

.RS
$ @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update boot.wim 2 < update_commands.txt
.RE

Rename a file inside a WIM image.

.RS
\fIupdate_commands.txt\fR:
.RS
.PP
.nf
rename /dir_in_wim/oldfile.txt /dir_in_wim/newfile.txt
.fi
.RE
.RE

.RS
$ @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update boot.wim 2 < update_commands.txt
.RE

Using additional features, such as comments, options, and overlays, and
including an integrity table in the updated WIM:

.RS
\fIupdate_commands.txt\fR:
.RS
.PP
.nf
#
# This file specifies some changes to make to my WIM image.
#

# Add a new directory containing files I want in the image.
# The quotes are necessary because the directory name
# contains a space.
add "My Directory" "/My Directory"

# Add the contents of "Another Directory" to the
# "/My Directory" we just created in the WIM image.  Since
# the destination path already exists, this performs an
# overlay.
add "Another Directory" "/My Directory"

# Rename some file for some reason.
rename /dir_in_wim/oldfile.txt /dir_in_wim/newfile.txt

# Delete an unwanted directory.
delete --recursive /Users/Me/Documents/Junk
.fi
.RE
.RE

.RS
$ @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update boot.wim 2 --check < update_commands.txt
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ (1)
.BR @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-capture (1)
.BR @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-info (1)
.BR @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-mountrw (1)
.BR @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-optimize (1)