WIMCAPTURE(1) WIMCAPTURE(1) (NAME) wimcapture, wimappend - WIM (SYNOPSIS) wimcapture SOURCE WIMFILE [IMAGE_NAME [IMAGE_DESC]] [OPTION...] wimappend SOURCE WIMFILE [IMAGE_NAME [IMAGE_DESC]] [OPTION...] (DESCRIPTION) wimcapture (: wimlib-imagex capture) wimappend (: wimlib-imagex append) Windows Imaging (WIM) ( <<>>) . wimcapture WIM WIMFILE wimappend WIM WIMFILE ( --create ). SOURCE WIM . SOURCE (DIRECTORY CAPTURE - UNIX) (DIRECTORY CAPTURE - WINDOWS) . --source-list SOURCE . SOURCE NTFS NTFS (NTFS VOLUME CAPTURE - UNIX) . IMAGE_NAME IMAGE_DESC . IMAGE_NAME SOURCE . IMAGE_NAME WIMFILE . IMAGE_DESC . WIMFILE "-" --pipable WIM ( wimlib ). (DIRECTORY CAPTURE - UNIX) SOURCE WIM . (mountpoints) . : o o (Hard links) o ( Reparse Points ) o (mtime) (atime) o (sparse) . o --unix-data: ( ) o --unix-data: (device nodes) (named pipes) o --unix-data: (extended attributes - ) (ctime) ( ). UTF-8 (surrogate codepoints) . ISO-8859-1 wimlib (mount) UTF-8 . NTFS (NTFS VOLUME CAPTURE - UNIX) SOURCE ( /dev/sda3) NTFS . wimcapture libntfs-3g WIM NTFS . NTFS : o (data streams) . o (Reparse points). (REPARSE POINTS AND SYMLINKS) . o (timestamp) NTFS . o (Windows security descriptors) ( DACL SACL). o DOS/. o Win32 DOS Win32+DOS POSIX. . o (Object IDs). : o . o (EAs) . o (sparse files) . o NTFS-3G . (REPARSE POINTS AND SYMLINKS) . libntfs-3g ntfs-3g(8) . WIM NTFS ntfs-3g(8) (unmount) . NTFS . (DIRECTORY CAPTURE - WINDOWS) wimcapture wimappend NTFS . ImageX DISM . NTFS (Administrator) NTFS Administrator . wimcapture wimappend : o (data streams) . o (Reparse points) . (REPARSE POINTS AND SYMLINKS) . o . . o (Security descriptors) --no-acls. : Administrator ( --strict-acls ). o (hidden) (sparse) (compressed) (encrypted) . . WIM . . o DOS (8.3) . o . o (Object IDs) . o (EAs) . (REPARSE POINTS AND SYMLINKS) << >> ( <>) << >>. << >> (reparse point) . . <<>> (dereference) . wimcapture . --dereference wimcapture ( ). . (deduplicated) WIM . wimcapture . wimcapture NTFS-3G . deduplicated (chunk store) . (OPTIONS) --boot << >> (bootable) WIM. << >> Windows PE WIM . --check WIM . wimappend WIM . WIM --update-of / --delta-from . --include-integrity WIM --check . --compress=TYPE[:LEVEL] wimcapture WIM . TYPE "none" "XPRESS" ( : "fast") "LZX" ( : "maximum") "LZMS" ( : "recovery") . TYPE . "LZX" . LEVEL . TYPE . . . . WIM (non- solid) . WIM (solid) --solid --solid-compress . LZMS . wimlib v1.6.0 WIMGAPI DISM . 7-Zip v15.12 . LZMS (solid) DISM . WIM " ESD" --solid . --chunk-size=SIZE wimcapture SIZE . . wimlib : o XPRESS: 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K o LZX: 32K, 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K, 1M, 2M o LZMS: 32K, 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K, 1M, 2M, 4M, 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M, 512M, 1G ( 32768) K M G . KiB MiB GiB . WIM . WIM ( --solid) --solid-chunk-size . WIM . --solid wimcapture WIM <<>> (solid) . WIM . LZMS /compress:recovery DISM . " ESD" WIMGAPI . DISM 15.12 7-Zip . --solid-compress=TYPE[:LEVEL] --compress (solid) . LZMS . --solid . --solid-chunk-size=SIZE --chunk-size . LZMS 64MiB (67108864) 640MiB (thread) . --solid . : WIM LZMS 64MiB . --threads=NUM_THREADS (threads) . : ( ). --rebuild wimappend WIM WIM . WIM WIM . wimoptimize(1) . --flags=EDITIONID XML . --image-property NAME=VALUE XML WIM. VALUE . NAME "NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "TOTALBYTES". XML "WINDOWS/VERSION/BUILD" BUILD VERSION WINDOWS . "WINDOWS/LANGUAGES/LANGUAGE[2]" "LANGUAGE" "WINDOWS/LANGUAGES" . . . . --dereference ( ) . --config=FILE ( UTF-8 UTF-16LE ) . . INI . : o [ExclusionList] --- (path globs) . . o [ExclusionException] --- [ExclusionList] . . [ExclusionList] ( "/" "\" ) "/dir/file" "/dir" "file" . o [PrepopulateList] --- --wimboot " " WIMBoot. . '*' '?' . ( *.mp3) . ( /dir/file) NTFS NTFS . . . '#' ';' (comment) . . : [ExclusionList] \$ntfs.log \hiberfil.sys \pagefile.sys \swapfile.sys \System Volume Information \RECYCLER \$RECYCLE.BIN \$Recycle.Bin \Windows\CSC --wimboot . --wimboot Windows/System32/WimBootCompress.ini . --config WIM Windows/System32/WimBootCompress.ini . --unix-data ( ) . : ( ) ( ). wimapply --unix-data . WIM wimlib . --no-acls (security descriptors) . --strict-acls . SACL . Administrator . Administrator . --rpfix, --norpfix ( : ) . (--rpfix) . (--norpfix) . wimcapture --rpfix . wimappend WIMFILE --rpfix --norpfix . ( --source-list) --norpfix . WIM WIM . --source-list wimcapture wimappend WIM . --source-list SOURCE . WIM . . WIM . ( "/") WIM . . : # WIM 'winpe' winpe / # 'overlay' '/overlay' WIM overlay /overlay # WIM /data/stuff / WIM . (overlay) . WIM ( ) . . . '#' . SOURCE "-" . NTFS --source-list NTFS . --pipable wimcapture WIM <<>> wimlib . WIMFILE "-" WIM . WIM wimapply . WIM WIM / WIM . wimlib-imagex WIM . wimoptimize wimexport WIM . WIM : o WIM wimlib WIM 7-Zip . o wimappend WIM . WIM WIM WIM wimapply . o WIM wimupdate WIM WIM . o WIM (solid) . --not-pipable wimappend WIM () . WIM ( --pipable ) . wimoptimize(1) WIM . --update-of=[WIMFILE:]IMAGE SOURCE IMAGE WIMFILE . . IMAGE WIMFILE . ( - WIMFILE ). IMAGE . WIM ( ). WIM "--update-of mywim.wim:1". --delta-from WIM WIM --delta-from wimappend wimcapture WIM . : wimlib --update-of . . wimlib . . wimlib . --delta-from=WIMFILE "" () WIMFILE. WIM WIMFILE . WIM WIM . WIM WIM . WIM wimapply WIM WIM --ref WIM() . : WIM WIM() WIM() . --delta-from --update-of WIM . : # $ wimcapture /some/directory bkup-base.wim # $ wimcapture /some/directory bkup-2013-08-20.dwm \ --update-of bkup-base.wim:-1 --delta-from bkup-base.wim # $ wimapply bkup-2013-08-20.dwm --ref=bkup-base.wim 1 \ /some/directory WIM wimappend WIM . WIM . --delta-from wimcapture wimappend . WIM WIM . /ref ImageX WIM() . : wimlib --pipable --delta-from WIM . WIM() WIM WIM() WIM . --wimboot WIMBoot . WIMBoot . wimcapture XPRESS --compress --chunk-size . SOURCE\Windows\System32\WimBootCompress.ini --config . --unsafe-compact wimappend WIM (compact) "" . WIM . wimoptimize(1) . --snapshot (snapshot) . Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) . . VSS wimlib-imagex Administrator WoW64 ( wimlib-imagex ). --create wimappend WIM ( wimcapture). (NOTES) wimappend WIM (split WIM) . --unsafe- compact wimappend wimoptimize WIM WIM WIM ( --rebuild) . wimlib-imagex WIM (WIMGAPI, ImageX, DISM) : o wimlib-imagex WIM ':', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|' '\' POSIX . wimlib-imagex ( ) ImageX . o WIM . WIM WIMFILE "-" ( ) --pipable . o WIM ( --chunk-size) ( --solid) LZMS ( --compress=LZMS --compress=recovery) . . (EXAMPLES) : WIM 'mywim.wim' LZX ( "maximum") 'somedir' . 'somedir' : wimcapture somedir mywim.wim WIM : wimappend anotherdir mywim.wim . WIM XPRESS ( "fast") : wimcapture somedir mywim.wim --compress=fast \ --check --norpfix "Some Name" "Some Description" NTFS NTFS (NTFS VOLUME CAPTURE - UNIX) WIM "Windows 7" : wimcapture /dev/sda2 windows7.wim "Windows 7" NTFS : wimcapture E:\ windows7.wim "Windows 7" WIM "" wimlib wimapply : wimcapture /dev/sda2 windows7.wim "Windows 7" --pipable WIM "windows7.wim" "someprog" : wimcapture /dev/sda2 - "Windows 7" | someprog (SEE ALSO) wimlib-imagex(1), wimapply(1), wimoptimize(1) wimlib 1.14.5 January 2026 WIMCAPTURE(1)