X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman1%2Fimagex-apply.1.in;h=e3d04381bc435e432ace12381e3316998cec78bc;hp=5aec9b3fb30cc7b9450d782fea7a32c3531db99f;hb=3a900017c59c26af398f9cf375719dbcda378fb8;hpb=d82950b8ae73d50bffebb88c2b5c10b49f4082f4 diff --git a/doc/man1/imagex-apply.1.in b/doc/man1/imagex-apply.1.in index 5aec9b3f..e3d04381 100644 --- a/doc/man1/imagex-apply.1.in +++ b/doc/man1/imagex-apply.1.in @@ -331,15 +331,12 @@ Reparse point fixups are never done in the NTFS volume extraction mode on UNIX-like systems. .TP \fB--unix-data\fR -(UNIX-like systems only) By default, in the directory extraction mode on UNIX, -\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ apply\fR will ignore both Windows-style security -descriptors and UNIX-specific file owners, groups, and modes set when using -\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR with the \fB--unix-data\fR flag. By passing -\fB--unix-data\fR to \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ apply\fR instead, this causes this -UNIX-specific data to be restored when available. However, by default, if -\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR does not have permission to set the UNIX owner, group or -file mode on an extracted file, a warning will be printed and it will not be -considered an error condition; use \fB--strict-acls\fR to get stricter behavior. +(UNIX-like systems only) Restore UNIX owners, groups, modes, and device IDs +(major and minor numbers) that were captured by \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR +with the \fB--unix-data\fR option. As of wimlib v1.7.0, you can backup and +restore not only the standard UNIX file permission information, but also +character device nodes, block device nodes, named pipes (FIFOs), and UNIX domain +sockets. .TP \fB--no-acls\fR Do not restore security descriptors on extracted files and directories.