X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fimagex-optimize.1.in;h=d5ce76102a712b27eb2b83d9320a69d31e63323f;hp=a229ec7bb5a6c75754fd53f0a326e2cbf15768d2;hb=d33bda72d5d980aa4de9739ed5b55b424093e8ac;hpb=4a4aa00c378959fedcc4dab39d0933d36e2a1c3e diff --git a/doc/imagex-optimize.1.in b/doc/imagex-optimize.1.in index a229ec7b..d5ce7610 100644 --- a/doc/imagex-optimize.1.in +++ b/doc/imagex-optimize.1.in @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -.TH IMAGEX "1" "January 2013" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands" +.TH IMAGEX "1" "March 2013" "@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ @VERSION@" "User Commands" .SH NAME -imagex-optimize \- Optimize a WIM archive +@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-optimize \- Optimize a WIM archive .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBimagex optimize\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR [--check] [--recompress] +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ optimize\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR [--check] [--recompress] .SH DESCRIPTION .PP -\fBimagex optimize\fR will rebuild the stand-alone WIM \fIWIMFILE\fR. The new +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ optimize\fR will rebuild the stand-alone WIM \fIWIMFILE\fR. The new WIM is written to a temporary file, and it is renamed to the original file when it's ready. This action will remove any holes that have been left as a result of appending images, so the new WIM may be slightly smaller than the old WIM. @@ -20,28 +20,39 @@ In addition, some errors in the original WIM may be fixed by re-writing it When reading \fIWIMFILE\fR, verify its integrity if the integrity table is present; in addition, include an integrity table in the optimized WIM. If this option is not specified, no integrity table is included in the optimized WIM, -even if there was one before. -.TP 6 +even if there was one in the original WIM. +.TP \fB--recompress\fR Recompress all compressed streams in \fIWIMFILE\fR when rebuilding it. This -will increase the time needed to rebuild the WIM,unless the WIM is uncompressed, -but it may result in a better compression ratio if wimlib can do a better job -than the program that wrote the original file. A side effect of this is that -every stream in the original WIM will be checksummed, so this can help verify -that the WIM is intact (equivalent to applying all the images from it). +will increase the time needed to rebuild the WIM, unless the WIM is +uncompressed, but it may result in a better compression ratio if wimlib can do a +better job than the program that wrote the original file. A side effect of this +is that every stream in the original WIM will be checksummed, so this can help +verify that the WIM is intact (equivalent to applying all the images from it). + +Note: as mentioned in the README, wimlib generally provides a slightly better +XPRESS compression ratio than Microsoft's software, while it generally provides +a slightly worse LZX compression ratio than Microsoft's software. So, you may +not want to specify \fB--recompress\fR when optimizing a LZX-compressed WIM +created on Windows. +.TP +\fB--threads\fR=\fINUM_THREADS\fR +Number of threads to use for compressing data. Default: autodetect (number of +processors). This parameter is only meaningful when \fB--recompress\fR is also +specified. .SH NOTES -\fBimagex optimize\fR does not support split WIMs. +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ optimize\fR does not support split WIMs. -\fBimagex optimize\fR is roughly equivalent to: +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ optimize\fR is roughly equivalent to: .RS .PP -\fBimagex export\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR all tmp.wim [--check] && mv tmp.wim \fIWIMFILE\fR +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ export\fR \fIWIMFILE\fR all tmp.wim [--check] && mv tmp.wim \fIWIMFILE\fR .RE .PP .SH SEE ALSO -.BR imagex (1) -.BR imagex-export (1) +.BR @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ (1) +.BR @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-export (1)