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.TH WIMLIB-IMAGEX "1" "August 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
\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.
This command is also available as simply \fBwimupdate\fR if the appropriate
hard link or batch file has been installed.
.PP
\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.
.PP
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.  Alternatively, to
specify a command directly on the command line, see the \fB--command\fR option.
.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
Add 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
if it is a directory; this feature can be used to add multiple files to an
existing directory in the WIM image in one command.  If \fIDESTINATION\fR does
not exist in the WIM image, then any prerequisite directories are created as
needed to add the \fISOURCE\fR at that location.
.PP
The \fBadd\fR command supports a subset of the options accepted by
\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-capture\fR; namely, \fB--verbose\fR, \fB--dereference\fR,
\fB--unix-data\fR, \fB--no-acls\fR, and \fB--strict-acls\fR.  See
\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-capture\fR (1) for explanations of these options.
.SS \fBdelete\fR [\fIOPTION\fR...] \fIPATH\fR
Delete a file or directory tree from the WIM image.  \fIPATH\fR must specify the
path inside the WIM image of the file or directory tree to delete.
.PP
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
Rename a file or directory tree inside the 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.
.PP
There are no options available for the \fBrename\fR command.
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are accepted on the command line by \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@
update\fR itself:
.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, an integrity table will be included in the updated WIM
if and only if one was present before.
.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).
.TP
\fB--command\fR=\fISTRING\fR
Instead of reading update commands from standard input, read a single update
command directly from the string \fISTRING\fR specified on the command line.
This option cannot be provided more than one time and cannot be used to specify
more than one update command.  Note that the \fISTRING\fR, as well as any
paths containing spaces within the \fISTRING\fR must be appropriately quoted.
If running from cmd.exe on Windows, you should use double quotes for the outer
quotes and single quotes for the inner quotes.  Example:
.RS
.RS
.PP
.nf
@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update boot.wim 1 \\
.br
.RS
--command="add 'C:\\My Dir' '\\My Dir'"
.RE
.RE
.RE
.fi
.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 it works on both UNIX-like systems and
Windows, whereas \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mountrw\fR only works on UNIX-like
systems, and even then just those with a compatible FUSE implementation.
.PP
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".
.PP
All paths to files or directories within the WIM image must be specified
relative to the root of the image.  However, the leading slash is optional, and
both forward slashes and backslashes are accepted.  In addition, on Windows, the
paths are treated case-insensitively, while on UNIX-like systems, the paths are
treated case-sensitively.
.PP
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.
.PP
On UNIX-like systems, 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.
.PP
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, unless \fB--rebuild\fR was
specified, in which case you should delete the temporary file left over.
.SH EXAMPLES
All the examples below show the update command file to be created as well as the
\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update\fR command to run to perform the updates.
.PP
Delete two files from a WIM image:
.PP
.RS
\fIupdate_commands.txt\fR:
.RS
.PP
.nf
delete /setup.exe
delete /sources/setup.exe
.fi
.RE
.RE
.PP
.RS
$ @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update boot.wim 2 < update_commands.txt
.RE
.PP
Add some files and directories to a WIM image.  Note that the first path of each
\fBadd\fR command specifies the files to add, while the second path of each
\fBadd\fR command specify the locations at which to to add them inside the WIM
image:
.PP
.RS
\fIupdate_commands.txt\fR:
.RS
.PP
.nf
add somedir     /dir
add somefile    /dir/file
.fi
.RE
.RE
.PP
.RS
$ @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update boot.wim 2 < update_commands.txt
.RE
.PP
Rename a file inside a WIM image.
.PP
.RS
\fIupdate_commands.txt\fR:
.RS
.PP
.nf
rename /dir_in_wim/oldfile.txt /dir_in_wim/newfile.txt
.fi
.RE
.RE
.PP
.RS
$ @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update boot.wim 2 < update_commands.txt
.RE
.PP
Using additional features, such as comments, options, and overlays, and
including an integrity table in the updated WIM:
.PP
.RS
\fIupdate_commands.txt\fR:
.RS
.PP
.nf
#
# This file specifies some changes to make to a 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
.PP
.RS
$ @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update boot.wim 2 --check < update_commands.txt
.RE
.PP
.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)