* ::wimlib_progress_info.scan. */
WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_END,
- /**
- * File resources are currently being written to the WIM.
- * @p info will point to ::wimlib_progress_info.write_streams. */
+ /** File resources ("streams") are currently being written to the WIM.
+ * @p info will point to ::wimlib_progress_info.write_streams. */
WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_WRITE_STREAMS,
/**
/* N.B. I wanted these to be anonymous structs, but Doxygen won't
* document them if they aren't given a name... */
- /** Valid on messages ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_WRITE_STREAMS. */
+ /** Valid on the message ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_WRITE_STREAMS. This is
+ * the primary message for tracking the progress of writing a WIM file.
+ */
struct wimlib_progress_info_write_streams {
- /** Number of bytes that are going to be written for all the
- * streams combined. This is the amount in uncompressed data.
- * (The actual number of bytes will be less if the data is being
- * written compressed.) */
+ /** Total number of uncompressed bytes of stream data being
+ * written. This can be thought of as the total uncompressed
+ * size of the files being archived, with some caveats. WIM
+ * files use single-instance streams, so the size provided here
+ * only counts distinct streams, except for the following
+ * exception: the size provided here may include the sizes of
+ * all newly added (e.g. with wimlib_add_image() streams,
+ * pending automatic de-duplication during the write operation
+ * itself. When each such stream de-duplication occurs, this
+ * number will be decreased by the size of the duplicate stream
+ * that need not be written.
+ *
+ * In the case of a wimlib_overwrite() that the library opted to
+ * perform in-place, both @p total_streams and @p total_bytes
+ * will only count the streams actually being written and not
+ * pre-existing streams in the WIM file. */
uint64_t total_bytes;
- /** Number of streams that are going to be written. */
+ /** Total number of streams being written. This can be thought
+ * of as the total number of files being archived, with some
+ * caveats. In general, a single file or directory may contain
+ * multiple data streams, each of which will be represented
+ * separately in this number. Furthermore, WIM files use
+ * single-instance streams, so the stream count provided here
+ * only counts distinct streams, except for the following
+ * exception: the stream count provided here may include newly
+ * added (e.g. with wimlib_add_image() streams, pending
+ * automatic de-duplication during the write operation itself.
+ * When each such stream de-duplication occurs, this number will
+ * be decreased by 1 to account for the duplicate stream that
+ * need not be written. */
uint64_t total_streams;
- /** Number of uncompressed bytes that have been written so far.
- * Will be 0 initially, and equal to @p total_bytes at the end.
- * */
+ /** Number of uncompressed bytes of stream data that have been
+ * written so far. This number be 0 initially, and will be
+ * equal to @p total_bytes at the end of the write operation.
+ * Note that @p total_bytes (but not @p completed_bytes) may
+ * decrease throughout the write operation due to the discovery
+ * of stream duplications. */
uint64_t completed_bytes;
- /** Number of streams that have been written. Will be 0
- * initially, and equal to @p total_streams at the end. */
+ /** Number of streams that have been written so far. This
+ * number will be 0 initially, and will be equal to @p
+ * total_streams at the end of the write operation. Note that
+ * @p total_streams (but not @p completed_streams) may decrease
+ * throughout the write operation due to the discovery of stream
+ * duplications.
+ *
+ * For applications that wish to calculate a simple "percent
+ * complete" for the write operation, it will likely be more
+ * accurate to calculate the percentage from @p completed_bytes
+ * and @p total_bytes rather than @p completed_streams and
+ * @p total_streams because the time for the operation to
+ * complete is mainly determined by the number of bytes that
+ * need to be read, compressed, and written, not just the number
+ * of files being archived. */
uint64_t completed_streams;
- /** Number of threads that are being used to compress resources
- * (if applicable). */
- unsigned num_threads;
+ /** Number of threads that are being used to compress streams,
+ * or 1 if streams are being written uncompressed. */
+ uint32_t num_threads;
- /** The compression type being used to write the streams; either
- * ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE,
- * ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_XPRESS, or
- * ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZX. */
- int compression_type;
+ /** The compression type being used to write the streams, as one
+ * of the ::wimlib_compression_type constants. */
+ int32_t compression_type;
/** Number of split WIM parts from which streams are being
* written (may be 0 if irrelevant). */
- unsigned total_parts;
+ uint32_t total_parts;
/** Number of split WIM parts from which streams have been
* written (may be 0 if irrelevant). */
- unsigned completed_parts;
+ uint32_t completed_parts;
} write_streams;
/** Valid on messages ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_BEGIN,
uint32_t slow_reserved1 : 31;
- /** Matches with length (in bytes) longer than this
- * value are immediately taken without spending time on
- * minimum-cost measurements. Suggested value: 32. */
- uint32_t num_fast_bytes;
+ /** Matches with length (in bytes) greater than or equal
+ * to this value are immediately taken without spending
+ * time on minimum-cost measurements. Suggested value:
+ * 32. */
+ uint32_t nice_match_length;
/** Number of passes to compute a match/literal sequence
* for each LZX block. This is for an iterative
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