X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fimagex.1.in;h=263b2c964849a37076674d30f721d09bd201d088;hp=1352ce77a489e9ad83c8394930e37cd8c44b2aa6;hb=512d3f87a1e7b59ca19ae6d6965dbcf7f4a17c15;hpb=35dd893208119869db6a90b1d1663f9aea88a3f7 diff --git a/doc/imagex.1.in b/doc/imagex.1.in index 1352ce77..263b2c96 100644 --- a/doc/imagex.1.in +++ b/doc/imagex.1.in @@ -44,46 +44,52 @@ There is a separate manual page for each \fBimagex\fR command. The following features are currently supported: -.IP \[bu] 2 -Mount an image in a WIM read-only (\fBimagex mount\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 -Mount an image in a WIM read-write (\fBimagex mountrw\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 -Create a WIM from a directory or NTFS volume (\fBimagex capture\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 -Append a directory or NTFS volume onto a WIM as a new image (\fBimagex +.IP \[bu] 3 +Create a stand-alone WIM from a directory or NTFS volume (\fBimagex capture\fR) +.IP \[bu] +Append a directory or NTFS volume onto a stand-alone WIM as a new image (\fBimagex append\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 -Delete image(s) from a WIM (\fBimagex delete\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 -Export image(s) from a WIM (\fBimagex export\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 +.IP \[bu] +Apply an image from a stand-alone or split WIM to a directory or NTFS volume +(\fBimagex apply\fR) +.IP \[bu] +Mount an image from a stand-alone or split WIM read-only (\fBimagex mount\fR) +.IP \[bu] +Mount an image from a stand-alone WIM read-write (\fBimagex mountrw\fR) +.IP \[bu] +Delete image(s) from a stand-alone WIM (\fBimagex delete\fR) +.IP \[bu] +Export image(s) from a stand-alone WIM (\fBimagex export\fR) +.IP \[bu] Display information about a WIM file (\fBimagex info\fR, \fBimagex dir\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 +.IP \[bu] Change the name or description of an image in the WIM (\fBimagex info\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 +.IP \[bu] Change which image in a WIM is bootable (\fBimagex info\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 -Combine split WIMs into one WIM (\fBimage join\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 -Split a WIM into multiple parts (\fBimage split\fR) -.IP \[bu] 2 +.IP \[bu] +Combine split WIMs into one stand-alone WIM (\fBimage join\fR) +.IP \[bu] +Split a stand-alone WIM into multiple parts (\fBimage split\fR) +.IP \[bu] Support for all WIM compression types, both compression and decompression (LZX, XPRESS, and none) -.IP \[bu] 2 -Integrity table -.IP \[bu] 2 -XML data (parsed and written using \fBlibxml\fR(3)) +.IP \[bu] +WIM integrity table is supported (\fB--check\fR option to many commands) +.IP \[bu] +WIM XML data (parsed and written using \fBlibxml\fR(3)) .SH UNSUPPORTED FEATURES As of version 1.0.0, wimlib supports capturing and applying WIMs directly from -NTFS and has much improved support for hard links and symbolic links. I don't -think there are many other features that would be worth it to implement; the -only significant thing missing (in my opinion) is that split WIMs need to be -handled better (e.g. it should be possible to apply a split WIM using \fBimagex -apply\fR). And if Microsoft updates the WIM format, I'd need to support it, but -it looks like the format for Windows 8 is the same as that of Windows 7. +NTFS and has much improved support for hard links and symbolic links. In +addition, you may now apply split WIMs and mount them read-only. I don't think +there are many other features that would be worth it to implement. Besides +porting the library to Windows (which I'm not really interested in), the main +thing that could use improvement (in my opinion) is that the LZX compression +ratio still isn't quite as good as Microsoft's version. Also, exporting an +image from a split WIM could be supported. Furthermore, if Microsoft updates +the WIM format, I'd need to support it, but it looks like the format for Windows +8 is the same as that of Windows 7. .SH DIFFERENCES FROM MICROSOFT IMAGEX @@ -101,7 +107,9 @@ Some features, such as the ability to keep files hard-linked across WIM images when they are extracted from a WIM, are not available in Microsoft's version of imagex. Also, doesn't seem to be an equivalent of \fBimagex join\fR in Microsoft's version; you would have to use \fBimagex.exe /export\fR, but that -doesn't let you export all images at once. +doesn't let you export all images at once. Furthermore, this version of +\fBimagex\fR lets you mount an image from a split WIM read-only, while +Microsoft's version does not. Microsoft's version has some weird limitations, like it won't let you extract a WIM on a shared folder, and it requires some commands to be run only from