*
* @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
*
* wimlib_extract_paths() and wimlib_extract_pathlist() allow extracting a set
* of paths from a WIM image in a manner that may be easier to use than
- * wimlib_extract_files(), and also can wildcard characters.
+ * wimlib_extract_files(), and also allow wildcard patterns.
*
* wimlib_extract_image_from_pipe() allows an image to be extracted from a
* pipable WIM sent over a pipe; see @ref subsec_pipable_wims.
#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" {
* extracted. @p info will point to ::wimlib_progress_info.extract. */
WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_DIR_STRUCTURE_END,
- /** The WIM image's files resources are currently being extracted. @p
- * info will point to ::wimlib_progress_info.extract. */
+ /** File data is currently being extracted. @p info will point to
+ * ::wimlib_progress_info.extract. */
WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_STREAMS,
/** Starting to read a new part of a split pipable WIM over the pipe.
* ::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,
/**
* ::wimlib_progress_info.integrity. */
WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_CALC_INTEGRITY,
- /** Reserved. (Previously used for WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_JOIN_STREAMS,
- * but in wimlib v1.5.0 this was removed to simplify the code and now
- * you'll get ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_WRITE_STREAMS messages instead.) */
+ /** Reserved. */
WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_RESERVED,
/** A wimlib_split() operation is in progress, and a new split part is
/* 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 and
- * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_END. */
+ /** Valid on messages ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_BEGIN,
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_DENTRY, and
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_END. */
struct wimlib_progress_info_scan {
- /** Directory or NTFS volume that is being scanned. */
+ /** Top-level directory being scanned; or, when capturing a NTFS
+ * volume with ::WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_NTFS, this is instead the path
+ * to the file or block device that contains the NTFS volume
+ * being scanned. */
const wimlib_tchar *source;
- /** Path to the file or directory that is about to be scanned,
- * relative to the root of the image capture or the NTFS volume.
- * */
+ /** Path to the file (or directory) that has been scanned, valid
+ * on ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_DENTRY. When capturing a NTFS
+ * volume with ::WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_NTFS, this path will be
+ * relative to the root of the NTFS volume. */
const wimlib_tchar *cur_path;
+ /** Dentry scan status, valid on
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_DENTRY. */
enum {
- /** File or directory looks okay and will be captured. */
+ /** The file looks okay and will be captured. */
WIMLIB_SCAN_DENTRY_OK = 0,
- /** File or directory is being excluded from capture due
- * to the capture configuration file, or being an
- * absolute symbolic link that points outside of the
- * capture directory without ::WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_NORPFIX.
- */
+ /** File is being excluded from capture due to the
+ * capture configuration. */
WIMLIB_SCAN_DENTRY_EXCLUDED,
- /** File or directory is being excluded from capture due
- * to being unsupported (e.g. an encrypted or device
- * file). */
+ /** File is being excluded from capture due to being
+ * unsupported (e.g. an encrypted or device file). */
WIMLIB_SCAN_DENTRY_UNSUPPORTED,
+
+ /** The file is an absolute symbolic link or junction
+ * point and it is being excluded from capture because
+ * it points outside of the capture directory and
+ * reparse-point fixups are enabled. (Reparse point
+ * fixups can be disabled by using the flag
+ * ::WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_NORPFIX.) */
+ WIMLIB_SCAN_DENTRY_EXCLUDED_SYMLINK,
} status;
- /** Target path in the WIM. Only valid on messages
- * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_BEGIN and
- * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_END. */
- const wimlib_tchar *wim_target_path;
+ union {
+ /** Target path in the WIM image. Only valid on
+ * messages ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_BEGIN and
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_END. If capturing a full
+ * image, this will be the empty string; otherwise it
+ * will name the place in the WIM image at which the
+ * directory tree is being added. */
+ const wimlib_tchar *wim_target_path;
+
+ /** For ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_DENTRY and a status
+ * of @p WIMLIB_SCAN_DENTRY_EXCLUDED_SYMLINK, this is
+ * the target of the absolute symbolic link or junction
+ * point. */
+ const wimlib_tchar *symlink_target;
+ };
/** Number of directories scanned so far, including the root
* directory but excluding any unsupported/excluded directories.
- * */
+ *
+ * Details: On Windows and in NTFS capture mode, a reparse point
+ * counts as a directory if and only if it has
+ * FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY set. Otherwise, a symbolic link
+ * counts as a directory if and only if when fully dereferenced
+ * it points to an accessible directory. If a file has multiple
+ * names (hard links), it is only counted one time. */
uint64_t num_dirs_scanned;
/** Number of non-directories scanned so far, excluding any
- * unsupported/excluded files. */
+ * unsupported/excluded files.
+ *
+ * Details: On Windows and in NTFS capture mode, a reparse point
+ * counts as a non-directory if and only if it does not have
+ * FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY set. Otherwise, a symbolic link
+ * counts as a non-directory if and only if when fully
+ * dereferenced it points to a non-directory or its target is
+ * inaccessible. If a file has multiple names (hard links), it
+ * is only counted one time. */
uint64_t num_nondirs_scanned;
/** Number of bytes of file data that have been detected so far.
- * This data may not actually have been read yet, and it will
- * not actually be written to the WIM file until wimlib_write()
- * or wimlib_overwrite() has been called. */
+ *
+ * Details: This data may not actually have been read yet, and
+ * it will not actually be written to the WIM file until
+ * wimlib_write() or wimlib_overwrite() has been called. Data
+ * from excluded files is not counted. This number includes
+ * default file contents as well as named data streams and
+ * reparse point data. The size of reparse point data is
+ * tallied after any reparse-point fixups, and in the case of
+ * capturing a symbolic link on a UNIX-like system, the creation
+ * of the reparse point data itself. If a file has multiple
+ * names (hard links), its size(s) are only counted one time.
+ * On Windows, encrypted files have their encrypted size
+ * counted, not their unencrypted size; however, compressed
+ * files have their uncompressed size counted. */
uint64_t num_bytes_scanned;
} scan;
- /** Valid on messages ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_IMAGE_BEGIN,
+ /** Valid on messages
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_SPWM_PART_BEGIN,
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_IMAGE_BEGIN,
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_TREE_BEGIN,
* ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_DIR_STRUCTURE_BEGIN,
* ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_DIR_STRUCTURE_END,
- * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_STREAMS, and
- * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_IMAGE_END. */
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_STREAMS,
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_TREE_END,
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_IMAGE_END, and
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_APPLY_TIMESTAMPS.
+ *
+ * Note: most of the time of an extraction operation will be spent
+ * extracting streams, and the application will receive
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_STREAMS during this time. Using @p
+ * completed_bytes and @p total_bytes, the application can calculate a
+ * percentage complete. However, note that this message does not, in
+ * general, actually provide information about which "file" is currently
+ * being extracted. This is because wimlib, by default, extracts the
+ * individual data streams in whichever order it determines to be the
+ * most efficient. */
struct wimlib_progress_info_extract {
- /** Number of the image being extracted (1-based). */
+ /** Number of the image from which files are being extracted
+ * (1-based). */
int image;
- /** Flags passed to to wimlib_extract_image() */
+ /** Extraction flags being used. */
int extract_flags;
- /** Full path to the WIM file being extracted. */
+ /** Full path to the WIM file from which files are being
+ * extracted, or @c NULL if the WIMStruct has no associated
+ * on-disk file. */
const wimlib_tchar *wimfile_name;
- /** Name of the image being extracted. */
+ /** Name of the image from which files are being extracted, or
+ * the empty string if the image is unnamed. */
const wimlib_tchar *image_name;
- /** Directory or NTFS volume to which the image is being
- * extracted. */
+ /** Path to the directory or NTFS volume to which the files are
+ * being extracted. */
const wimlib_tchar *target;
/** Reserved. */
- const wimlib_tchar *cur_path;
+ const wimlib_tchar *reserved;
/** Number of bytes of uncompressed data that will be extracted.
- * Takes into account hard links (they are not counted for each
- * link.) */
+ * If a file has multiple names (hard links), its size (or
+ * sizes, in the case of named data streams) is only counted one
+ * time. For "reparse points" and symbolic links, the size to
+ * be extracted is the size of the reparse data buffer.
+ *
+ * This number will stay constant throughout the extraction. */
uint64_t total_bytes;
- /** Number of bytes that have been written so far. Will be 0
- * initially, and equal to @p total_bytes at the end. */
+ /** Number of bytes of uncompressed data that have been
+ * extracted so far. This initially be 0 and will equal to @p
+ * total_bytes at the end of the extraction. */
uint64_t completed_bytes;
- /** Number of streams that will be extracted. This may more or
- * less than the number of "files" to be extracted due to
- * special cases (hard links, symbolic links, and alternate data
- * streams.) */
+ /** Number of (not necessarily unique) streams that will be
+ * extracted. This may be more or less than the number of
+ * "files" to be extracted due to hard links as well as
+ * potentially multiple streams per file (named data streams).
+ * A "stream" may be the default contents of a file, a named
+ * data stream, or a reparse data buffer. */
uint64_t num_streams;
- /** Path to the root dentry within the WIM for the tree that is
- * being extracted. Will be the empty string when extracting a
- * full image, or when extracting a set of paths using
- * wimlib_extract_paths() or wimlib_extract_pathlist(). */
+ /** When extracting files using wimlib_extract_files(), this
+ * will be the path within the WIM image to the file or
+ * directory tree currently being extracted. Otherwise, this
+ * will be the empty string. */
const wimlib_tchar *extract_root_wim_source_path;
/** Currently only used for
* ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_EXTRACT_SPWM_PART_BEGIN. */
-
unsigned part_number;
/** Currently only used for
#define WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_DEREFERENCE 0x00000002
/** Call the progress function with the message
- * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_DENTRY when each directory or file is starting to
- * be scanned, or when a directory or file is being excluded from capture. */
+ * ::WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_SCAN_DENTRY when each directory or file has been
+ * scanned. */
#define WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_VERBOSE 0x00000004
/** Mark the image being added as the bootable image of the WIM. */
/** Store the UNIX owner, group, and mode. This is done by adding a special
* alternate data stream to each regular file, symbolic link, and directory to
* contain this information. Please note that this flag is for convenience
- * only; Microsoft's @a imagex.exe will not understand this special information.
- * This flag cannot be combined with ::WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_NTFS. */
+ * only; Microsoft's implementation will not understand this special
+ * information. This flag cannot be combined with ::WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_NTFS. */
#define WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_UNIX_DATA 0x00000010
/** Do not capture security descriptors. Only has an effect in NTFS capture
- * mode, or in Win32 native builds. */
+ * mode, or in Windows native builds. */
#define WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_NO_ACLS 0x00000020
/** Fail immediately if the full security descriptor of any file or directory
- * cannot be accessed. Only has an effect in Win32 native builds. The default
- * behavior without this flag is to first try omitting the SACL from the
+ * cannot be accessed. Only has an effect in Windows native builds. The
+ * default behavior without this flag is to first try omitting the SACL from the
* security descriptor, then to try omitting the security descriptor entirely.
* */
#define WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_STRICT_ACLS 0x00000040
* 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_ERR_WIM_IS_READONLY,
WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE,
WIMLIB_ERR_XML,
+ WIMLIB_ERR_WIM_IS_ENCRYPTED,
};
/** Used to specify all images in the WIM. */
#define WIMLIB_ALL_IMAGES (-1)
+/** @} */
+
/**
* @ingroup G_modifying_wims
*
* images. No on-disk file is created until wimlib_write() is called.
*
* @param ctype
- * The type of compression to be used in the new WIM file. Must be
- * ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE, ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZX, or
- * ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_XPRESS.
+ * The type of compression to be used in the new WIM file, as one of the
+ * ::wimlib_compression_type constants.
* @param wim_ret
* On success, a pointer to an opaque ::WIMStruct for the new WIM file is
* written to the memory location pointed to by this paramater. The
* it.
* @return 0 on success; nonzero on error.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_COMPRESSION_TYPE
- * @p ctype was not ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE,
- * ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZX, or ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_XPRESS.
+ * @p ctype was not a supported compression type.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM
* Failed to allocate needed memory.
*/
wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func);
/**
- * Similar to wimlib_extract_paths(), but the paths to extract from the WIM
- * image 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
* Converts a ::wimlib_compression_type value into a string.
*
* @param ctype
- * ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE, ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZX,
- * ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_XPRESS, or another value.
+ * The ::wimlib_compression_type value to convert.
*
* @return
- * A statically allocated string: "None", "LZX", "XPRESS", or "Invalid",
- * respectively.
+ * A statically allocated string naming the compression algorithm,
+ * such as "None", "LZX", "XPRESS", or "Invalid".
*/
extern const wimlib_tchar *
wimlib_get_compression_type_string(int ctype);
* in the integrity table.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_CHUNK_SIZE
* Resources in @p wim_file are compressed, but the chunk size was invalid
- * for the WIM's compression format.
+ * for the WIM's compression type.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_COMPRESSION_TYPE
* The header of @p wim_file says that resources in the WIM are compressed,
- * but the header flag indicating LZX or XPRESS compression is not set.
+ * but the header flag for a recognized compression type is not set.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_HEADER
* The header of @p wim_file was otherwise invalid.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_INTEGRITY_TABLE
* wim_file contains an integrity table, but the integrity table is
* invalid.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_LOOKUP_TABLE_ENTRY
- * The lookup table for the WIM contained duplicate entries that are not
- * for metadata resources, or it contained an entry with a SHA1 message
- * digest of all 0's.
+ * The lookup table for the WIM was invalid.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_PARAM
* @p wim_ret was @c NULL.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_IS_SPLIT_WIM
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_UNEXPECTED_END_OF_FILE
* Unexpected end-of-file while reading data from @p wim_file.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_UNKNOWN_VERSION
- * A number other than 0x10d00 is written in the version field of the WIM
- * header of @p wim_file. (May be a pre-Vista WIM.)
+ * The WIM version number was not recognized. (May be a pre-Vista WIM.)
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_WIM_IS_READONLY
* ::WIMLIB_OPEN_FLAG_WRITE_ACCESS was specified but the WIM file was
* considered read-only because of any of the reasons mentioned in the
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 out_chunk_size
+ * @param chunk_size
* The chunk size (in bytes) to set. The valid chunk sizes are dependent
- * on the compression format. The XPRESS compression format supports 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 special case,
- * if @p out_chunk_size is specified as 0, the chunk size is set to the
- * default for the currently selected output compression type.
+ * 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.
*
* @return 0 on success; nonzero on error.
*
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_CHUNK_SIZE
- * @p ctype is not a supported chunk size.
+ * @p chunk_size is not a supported chunk size for the currently selected
+ * output compression type.
*/
extern int
wimlib_set_output_chunk_size(WIMStruct *wim, uint32_t chunk_size);
* @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);
* decompressors currently support sliding windows, and there also exist
* slightly different variants of these formats that are not supported
* unmodified.
- */
-
-/**
- * @ingroup G_compression
+ *
* @{
*/
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
} alg_params;
};
+/** LZMS compression parameters that can optionally be passed to
+ * wimlib_create_compressor() with the compression type
+ * ::WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZMS. */
+struct wimlib_lzms_compressor_params {
+ /** hdr.size Must be set to the size of this structure, in bytes. */
+ struct wimlib_compressor_params_header hdr;
+
+ /** Minimum match length to output. This must be at least 2. Suggested
+ * value: 2 */
+ uint32_t min_match_length;
+
+ /** Maximum match length to output. This must be at least @p
+ * min_match_length. Suggested value: @p UINT32_MAX. */
+ uint32_t max_match_length;
+
+ /** Matches with length (in bytes) greater than or equal to this value
+ * are immediately taken without spending time on minimum-cost
+ * measurements. The minimum of @p max_match_length and @p
+ * nice_match_length may not exceed 65536. Suggested value: 32. */
+ uint32_t nice_match_length;
+
+ /** Maximum depth to search for matches at each position. Suggested
+ * value: 50. */
+ uint32_t max_search_depth;
+
+ /** Maximum number of potentially good matches to consider at each
+ * position. Suggested value: 3. */
+ uint32_t max_matches_per_pos;
+
+ /** Length of the array for the near-optimal LZ parsing algorithm. This
+ * must be at least 1. Suggested value: 1024. */
+ uint32_t optim_array_length;
+
+ uint64_t reserved2[4];
+};
+
/** Opaque compressor handle. */
struct wimlib_compressor;
*
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_COMPRESSION_TYPE
* @p ctype was not a supported compression type.
+ * @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_PARAM
+ * @p params were invalid.
* @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM
* Not enough memory to duplicate the parameters (perhaps @c params->size
* was invalid).
wimlib_set_default_compressor_params(enum wimlib_compression_type ctype,
const struct wimlib_compressor_params_header *params);
+/**
+ * Returns the approximate number of bytes needed to allocate a compressor with
+ * wimlib_create_compressor() for the specified compression type, block size,
+ * and parameters. @p params may be @c NULL, in which case the current default
+ * parameters for @p ctype are used. Returns 0 if the compression type or
+ * parameters are invalid.
+ */
+extern uint64_t
+wimlib_get_compressor_needed_memory(enum wimlib_compression_type ctype,
+ size_t max_block_size,
+ const struct wimlib_compressor_params_header *params);
+
/**
* Allocate a compressor for the specified compression type using the specified
* parameters.
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;
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