imagex delete \- Delete an image from a WIM archive
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBimagex delete\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR (\fIIMAGE_NUM\fR | \fIIMAGE_NAME\fR | all ) [--check]
+\fBimagex delete\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR \fIIMAGE\fR [--check]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
-\fBimagex delete\fR deletes the specified image from \fIWIMFILE\fR.
+\fBimagex delete\fR deletes the specified image from the Windows Imaging (WIM)
+file \fIWIMFILE\fR.
-The image to delete may be specified by \fIIMAGE_NUM\fR, which must be an
-integer that is an index of an image in the WIM file, starting at 1.
-Alternatively, it may be the name of an image in the WIM file, or the keyword
-"all", which specifies that all images are to be deleted.
+\fIIMAGE\fR specifies the WIM image to deleted. It may be a 1-based index of an
+image in the WIM, the name of an image in the WIM, or the keyword "all" to
+indicate that all images are to be deleted. Use the \fBimagex info\fR (1)
+command to show what images a WIM file contains.
-The WIM file is recreated with all unnecessary file resources removed. This is
-different from imagex.exe, which only will delete the metadata and XML entries
-for this operation.
+.SH NOTES
+
+The WIM file is rebuild with all unnecessary file data removed. This is
+different from imagex.exe, which only will delete the directory tree metadata
+and XML data for this operation.
Also, unlike imagex.exe, it is legal to delete all the images from a WIM and
have a WIM with 0 images, although such a file wouldn't be very useful.
+\fBimagex delete\fR does not yet support split WIMs.
+
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 6
\fB--check\fR
table is included in the new WIM file, even if there was one before.
.SH EXAMPLES
-.IP
+Delete the first image from 'boot.wim':
+.RS
+.PP
image delete boot.wim 1
-.LP
-Delete the first image from 'boot.wim'.
+.RE
+.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR imagex (1)
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