INTRODUCTION
-This is wimlib version 1.6.2 (March 2014). wimlib is a C library for
+This is wimlib version 1.7.0-BETA (May 2014). wimlib is a C library for
creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the Windows Imaging
Format (WIM files). These files are normally created using the ImageX
(imagex.exe) or Dism (Dism.exe) utilities on Windows, but wimlib is distributed
A WIM file may be either stand-alone or split into multiple parts. Split WIMs
are read-only and cannot be modified.
+Since version 1.6.0, wimlib also supports ESD (.esd) files, except when
+encrypted. These are still WIM files but they use a newer version of the file
+format.
+
IMAGEX IMPLEMENTATION
wimlib itself is a C library, and it provides a documented public API (See:
For both platforms the code for NTFS capture and extraction is complete enough
that it is possible to apply an image from the "install.wim" contained in recent
-Windows installation media (Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8) directly to a NTFS
+Windows installation media (Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8) directly to an NTFS
filesystem, and then boot Windows from it after preparing the Boot Configuration
Data. In addition, a Windows installation can be captured (or backed up) into a
WIM file, and then re-applied later.
LICENSE
As of version 1.0.0, wimlib and all programs and scripts distributed with it are
-released under the GNU GPL version 3.0 or later.
+released under the GNU GPL version 3.0 or later. See COPYING for details.
+Some individual source files are also released under more permissive licenses.
wimlib is independently developed and does not contain any code, data, or files
copyrighted by Microsoft. It is not known to be affected by any patents.
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