*
* @section sec_intro Introduction
*
- * This is the documentation for the library interface of wimlib 1.6.0, a C
+ * This is the documentation for the library interface of wimlib 1.6.1, a C
* library for creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the
* Windows Imaging Format. This documentation is intended for developers only.
* If you have installed wimlib and want to know how to use the @b wimlib-imagex
#define WIMLIB_MINOR_VERSION 6
/** Patch version of the library (for example, the 5 in 1.2.5). */
-#define WIMLIB_PATCH_VERSION 0
+#define WIMLIB_PATCH_VERSION 1
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
* one of the provided globs did not match a file. */
#define WIMLIB_EXTRACT_FLAG_STRICT_GLOB 0x00080000
+/** Do not extract Windows file attributes such as readonly, hidden, etc. */
+#define WIMLIB_EXTRACT_FLAG_NO_ATTRIBUTES 0x00100000
+
/** @} */
/** @ingroup G_mounting_wim_images
* @{ */
wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func);
/**
- * Similar to wimlib_extract_paths(), but the paths to extract from the WIM
- * image are specified in the UTF-8 text file named by @p path_list_file which
- * itself contains the list of paths to use, one per line. Leading and trailing
- * whitespace, and otherwise empty lines and lines beginning with the ';'
- * character are ignored. No quotes are needed as paths are otherwise delimited
- * by the newline character.
+ * @ingroup G_extracting_wims
+ *
+ * Since wimlib v1.6.0: Similar to wimlib_extract_paths(), but the paths to
+ * extract from the WIM image are specified in the UTF-8 text file named by @p
+ * path_list_file which itself contains the list of paths to use, one per line.
+ * Leading and trailing whitespace, and otherwise empty lines and lines
+ * beginning with the ';' character are ignored. No quotes are needed as paths
+ * are otherwise delimited by the newline character.
*/
extern int
wimlib_extract_pathlist(WIMStruct *wim, int image,
wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func);
/**
- * Similar to wimlib_extract_files(), but the files or directories to extract
- * from the WIM image are specified as an array of paths.
+ * @ingroup G_extracting_wims
+ *
+ * Since wimlib v1.6.0: Similar to wimlib_extract_files(), but the files or
+ * directories to extract from the WIM image are specified as an array of paths.
*
* Each path will be extracted to a corresponding subdirectory of the @p target
* based on its location in the WIM image. For example, if one of the paths to
extern void
wimlib_print_header(const WIMStruct *wim) _wimlib_deprecated;
-/**
- * @ingroup G_wim_information
- *
- * Deprecated in favor of wimlib_iterate_dir_tree(), which provides the
- * information in a way that can be accessed programatically.
- */
-extern int
-wimlib_print_metadata(WIMStruct *wim, int image) _wimlib_deprecated;
-
/**
* @ingroup G_nonstandalone_wims
*
* Set the compression chunk size of a WIM to use in subsequent calls to
* wimlib_write() or wimlib_overwrite().
*
- * A compression chunk size will result in a greater compression ratio, but the
- * speed of random access to the WIM will be reduced, and the effect of an
- * increased compression chunk size is limited by the size of each file being
- * compressed.
+ * For compatibility reasons, using this function is not generally recommended.
+ * See the documentation for the @c --chunk-size option of <b>wimlib-imagex
+ * capture</b> for more information.
*
- * <b>WARNING: Microsoft's software is seemingly incompatible with LZX chunk
- * sizes other than 32768. Chunk sizes other than 32768 (for any format) are
- * also incompatible with wimlib v1.5.3 and earlier.</b>
+ * A larger compression chunk size will likely result in a better compression
+ * ratio, but the speed of random access to the WIM will be reduced.
+ * Furthermore, the effect of a larger compression chunk size is limited by the
+ * size of each stream ("file") being compressed.
*
* @param wim
* ::WIMStruct for a WIM.
* @param chunk_size
* The chunk size (in bytes) to set. The valid chunk sizes are dependent
- * on the compression format. The XPRESS and LZMS compression formats
- * support chunk sizes that are powers of 2 with exponents between 15 and
- * 26 inclusively, whereas the LZX compression format supports chunk sizes
- * that are powers of 2 with exponents between 15 and 21 inclusively. As a
+ * on the compression format; see the documentation for the @c --chunk-size
+ * option of <b>wimlib-imagex capture</b> for more information. As a
* special case, if @p chunk_size is specified as 0, the chunk size is set
* to the default for the currently selected output compression type.
*
* @ingroup G_writing_and_overwriting_wims
*
* Similar to wimlib_set_output_compression_type(), but set the compression type
- * for writing packed streams.
+ * for writing packed streams (solid blocks).
+ *
+ * Note: based on testing, WIMGAPI is seemingly only compatible with LZMS
+ * compression in packed streams. Therefore the use of this function is not
+ * recommended. Also, with large chunk sizes, LZMS gives the best compression
+ * ratio among the alternatives anyway.
*/
extern int
wimlib_set_output_pack_compression_type(WIMStruct *wim, int ctype);
void *udata, unsigned ulen)
_wimlib_deprecated;
+
/**
* @}
*/
+/** @ingroup G_wim_information
+ *
+ * Deprecated and will return ::WIMLIB_ERR_UNSUPPORTED. Use
+ * wimlib_iterate_dir_tree() instead. */
+extern int
+wimlib_print_metadata(WIMStruct *wim, int image)
+ _wimlib_deprecated;
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
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