X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fimagex-info.1.in;h=8580b5b9effcd8e33962d8464bdca7c1c285f3c5;hp=547de7af1f120ef90bd213091090a9284122bce2;hb=232c381f9f3ab814258aa8e2380f537498a50905;hpb=370533dcb819ad11d6424e7e0284915eb501812b diff --git a/doc/imagex-info.1.in b/doc/imagex-info.1.in index 547de7af..8580b5b9 100644 --- a/doc/imagex-info.1.in +++ b/doc/imagex-info.1.in @@ -1,34 +1,47 @@ -.TH IMAGEX "1" "May 2012" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands" +.TH IMAGEX "1" "March 2013" "@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ @VERSION@" "User Commands" .SH NAME -imagex info \- Display information about a WIM file, or change information about +@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-info \- Display information about a WIM file, or change information about an image .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBimagex info\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR [\fIIMAGE_NUM\fR | \fIIMAGE_NAME\fR] \ +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ info\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR [\fIIMAGE_NUM\fR | \fIIMAGE_NAME\fR] \ [\fINEW_NAME\fR] [\fINEW_DESC\fR] [\fIOPTION\fR]... .SH DESCRIPTION .PP -\fBimagex info\fR displays information about \fIWIMFILE\fR, and optionally +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ info\fR displays information about \fIWIMFILE\fR, and optionally 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 -description. \fINEW_DESC\fR defaults to the old description if it is not given. +description. If \fINEW_DESC\fR is not specified, the image's description is +unchanged. -Since none of these changes require changing the file resources, the metadata -resources, or the 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. +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ 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 \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ info\fR are made +quickly without re-building the entire WIM. \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ 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 \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ info\fR command that modifies \fIWIMFILE\fR is unlikely to +result in corruption of \fIWIMFILE\fR. Even if \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ 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 @@ -38,25 +51,31 @@ archive. .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 -specified, write an integrity table. If this option is not specified and -\fIWIMFILE\fR is recreated, no integrity table is included in the new WIM file, -even if there was one before. +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 +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. +Note: the XML data will be encoded using UTF-16LE, and it will begin with a +byte-order mark. .TP \fB--header\fR Shows detailed information from the WIM header. .TP \fB--lookup-table\fR -Prints all the entries in the lookup table of the WIM. +Prints all the entries in the stream lookup table of the WIM. .TP \fB--metadata\fR -Prints the metadata for the directory tree for the specified image. +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 -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) +.BR @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ (1)