See the documentation for this option in \fBwimlib-imagex-optimize\fR (1).
.TP
\fB--snapshot\fR
-EXPERIMENTAL: create a temporary filesystem snapshot of the source directory and
-capture the files from it. Currently, this option is only supported on Windows,
-where it uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). Using this option, you can
-create a consistent backup of the system volume of a running Windows system
-without running into problems with locked files. For the VSS snapshot to be
+Create a temporary filesystem snapshot of the source directory and capture the
+files from it. Currently, this option is only supported on Windows, where it
+uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). Using this option, you can create a
+consistent backup of the system volume of a running Windows system without
+running into problems with locked files. For the VSS snapshot to be
successfully created, \fBwimlib-imagex\fR must be run as an Administrator, and
it cannot be run in WoW64 mode (i.e. if Windows is 64-bit, then
\fBwimlib-imagex\fR must be 64-bit as well).
#define WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_TEST_FILE_EXCLUSION 0x00004000
/**
- * EXPERIMENTAL, since wimlib v1.9.0: create a temporary filesystem snapshot of
- * the source directory and add the files from it. Currently, this option is
- * only supported on Windows, where it uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service
- * (VSS). Using this option, you can create a consistent backup of the system
- * volume of a running Windows system without running into problems with locked
- * files. For the VSS snapshot to be successfully created, your application
- * must be run as an Administrator, and it cannot be run in WoW64 mode (i.e. if
- * Windows is 64-bit, then your application must be 64-bit as well).
+ * Since wimlib v1.9.0: create a temporary filesystem snapshot of the source
+ * directory and add the files from it. Currently, this option is only
+ * supported on Windows, where it uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
+ * Using this option, you can create a consistent backup of the system volume of
+ * a running Windows system without running into problems with locked files.
+ * For the VSS snapshot to be successfully created, your application must be run
+ * as an Administrator, and it cannot be run in WoW64 mode (i.e. if Windows is
+ * 64-bit, then your application must be 64-bit as well).
*/
#define WIMLIB_ADD_FLAG_SNAPSHOT 0x00008000
/*
- * win32_vss.c - Experimental Windows-specific code for creating VSS (Volume
- * Shadow Copy Service) snapshots.
+ * win32_vss.c - Windows-specific code for creating VSS (Volume Shadow Copy
+ * Service) snapshots.
*/
/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Eric Biggers
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Eric Biggers
*
* This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
* the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free