add_image.c: Add debugging statements for branch attachment

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

diff --git a/doc/imagex-info.1.in b/doc/imagex-info.1.in
index 970828126aca1710a781c8cf5d83dae85700085a..48f2a9466b6da321170c8052b2ca1b58132d8e57 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/imagex-info.1.in
+++ b/doc/imagex-info.1.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH IMAGEX "1" "November 2012" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands"
+.TH IMAGEX "1" "March 2013" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands"

 .SH NAME
 imagex-info \- Display information about a WIM file, or change information about
 an image
 .SH NAME
 imagex-info \- Display information about a WIM file, or change information about
 an image


@@ -15,24 +15,34 @@ an image
 changes which image is bootable, or what the name and description of an image
 are.
 
 changes which image is bootable, or what the name and description of an image
 are.
 

-If neither an image nor any other flags other than \fB--check\fR are specified,
-some basic information about the WIM archive as well as information about the
-images contained in it will be printed.  If an image is specified, the printed
-information is restricted to that concerning the specified image.
+If neither an image nor any flags other than \fB--check\fR are specified, some
+basic information about the WIM archive as well as information about the images
+contained in it will be printed.  If an image is specified (as a 1-based image
+index or an image name), the printed information is restricted to that
+concerning the specified image.

 
 Changes to the WIM are made if \fINEW_NAME\fR and/or \fB--boot\fR are specified.
 \fINEW_NAME\fR is taken to be the new name of the image specified by
 \fIIMAGE_NUM\fR or \fIIMAGE_NAME\fR, while \fINEW_DESC\fR is taken to be its new
 
 Changes to the WIM are made if \fINEW_NAME\fR and/or \fB--boot\fR are specified.
 \fINEW_NAME\fR is taken to be the new name of the image specified by
 \fIIMAGE_NUM\fR or \fIIMAGE_NAME\fR, while \fINEW_DESC\fR is taken to be its new

-description. \fINEW_DESC\fR defaults to the old description if it is not given.
-
-Since none of these changes require changing the WIM's file resources, metadata
-resources, or stream lookup table, they can be done very quickly by only
-re-writing the header and XML data.  It will only take significant time if
-\fB--check\fR is specified for a WIM that had no integrity checks before.
+description.  If \fINEW_DESC\fR is not specified, the image's description is
+unchanged.

 
 \fBimagex info\fR does not support modifying a split WIM, although you may
 display information about one.
 
 
 \fBimagex info\fR does not support modifying a split WIM, although you may
 display information about one.
 

+.SH NOTES
+
+The possible modifications to \fIWIMFILE\fR by \fBimagex info\fR are made
+quickly without re-building the entire WIM.  \fBimagex info\fR will only take a
+significant amount of time to complete if \fB--check\fR is specified when the
+WIM previously had no integrity table.
+
+Aborting an \fBimagex info\fR command that modifies \fIWIMFILE\fR is unlikely to
+result in corruption of \fIWIMFILE\fR.  Even if \fBimagex info\fR is aborted
+while the integrity table is being calculated (with \fB--check\fR), the WIM
+should be in a consistent state with any changes to the bootable index,
+name, or description of the specified image committed.
+

 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP 6
 \fB--boot\fR
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP 6
 \fB--boot\fR


@@ -41,14 +51,14 @@ archive.
 .TP
 \fB--check\fR
 When reading \fIWIMFILE\fR, verify its integrity if the integrity table is
 .TP
 \fB--check\fR
 When reading \fIWIMFILE\fR, verify its integrity if the integrity table is

-present; additionally if an action that requires changing the WIM archive is
+present; additionally if an action that requires modifying the WIM archive is

 specified, include an integrity table in the modified WIM.  If this option is
 specified, include an integrity table in the modified WIM.  If this option is

-not specified and \fIWIMFILE\fR is recreated, no integrity table is included in
+not specified and \fIWIMFILE\fR is modified, no integrity table is included in

 the modified WIM, even if there was one before.
 .TP
 \fB--extract-xml\fR \fIFILE\fR
 Extracts the raw data from the XML resource in the WIM file to \fIFILE\fR.
 the modified WIM, even if there was one before.
 .TP
 \fB--extract-xml\fR \fIFILE\fR
 Extracts the raw data from the XML resource in the WIM file to \fIFILE\fR.

-Note: the XML data should be encoded using UTF-16LE, and it should begin with a
+Note: the XML data will be encoded using UTF-16LE, and it will begin with a

 byte-order mark.
 .TP
 \fB--header\fR
 byte-order mark.
 .TP
 \fB--header\fR


@@ -58,12 +68,14 @@ Shows detailed information from the WIM header.
 Prints all the entries in the stream lookup table of the WIM.
 .TP
 \fB--metadata\fR
 Prints all the entries in the stream lookup table of the WIM.
 .TP
 \fB--metadata\fR

-Prints the metadata, including the security data and the directory entry tree,
-for the specified image.  This only works on standalone WIMs or on the first
-part of a split WIM.
+Prints the metadata, including the security data and the directory entry tree
+but not the XML data, for the specified image.  If no image is specified, the
+metadata for all images is printed.  This only works on standalone WIMs or on
+the first part of a split WIM.

 .TP
 \fB--xml\fR
 .TP
 \fB--xml\fR

-Prints the XML data for the WIM.
+Prints the raw XML data from the WIM.  Note: the XML data will be encoded using
+UTF-16LE, and it will begin with a byte-order mark.

 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR imagex (1)
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR imagex (1)