WIMEXPORT(1) User Commands WIMEXPORT(1) (NAME) wimexport - WIM (SYNOPSIS) wimexport SRC_WIMFILE SRC_IMAGE DEST_WIMFILE [DEST_IMAGE_NAME [DEST_IMAGE_DESC]] [OPTION...] (DESCRIPTION) wimexport wimlib-imagex export SRC_WIMFILE DEST_WIMFILE / . DEST_WIMFILE WIM . SRC_IMAGE SRC_WIMFILE . (index) "all" . wiminfo(1) SRC_WIMFILE . DEST_IMAGE_NAME . SRC_WIMFILE . DEST_IMAGE_NAME DEST_WIMFILE . "all" DEST_IMAGE_NAME . DEST_IMAGE_DESC . SRC_WIMFILE . wimexport WIM (stand- alone) WIM (split) WIM (delta) . WIM (SPLIT WIMS) . wimexport WIM (non- pipable) WIM (pipable) WIM (non-solid) WIM (solid) . DEST_WIMFILE "-" WIM --pipable . (OPTIONS) --boot "" (bootable) WIM WIM WIM . --check () WIM WIM WIM . WIM . --nocheck WIM . --include-integrity WIM --check . --compress=TYPE[:LEVEL] DEST_WIMFILE . DEST_WIMFILE . wimcapture(1) . --chunk-size=SIZE (chunk size) WIM SIZE . wimcapture(1) . --recompress WIM WIM . --solid "" (solid) . . wimcapture(1) . --solid-compress=TYPE[:LEVEL] --compress (solid resources) . wimcapture(1) . --solid-chunk-size=SIZE --chunk-size (chunk size) . wimcapture(1) . --threads=NUM_THREADS (threads) . : ( ). --rebuild WIM (rebuild) . (hole) WIM . wimoptimize(1) . --ref="GLOB" (glob) WIM WIM . WIM (SPLIT WIMS) . . : GLOB wimexport (shell expansion) . --pipable DEST_WIMFILE "WIM " (pipable WIM) (pipe) . WIM wimcapture(1) . DEST_WIMFILE "-" ( ) WIM . --not-pipable DEST_WIMFILE WIM . () WIM . --wimboot WIMBoot . WIMBoot ( XPRESS ). --unsafe-compact WIM (compact) "" . WIM . wimoptimize(1) . WIM (SPLIT WIMS) wimexport WIM ( ) . SRC_WIMFILE WIM WIM --ref="GLOB" . (globbing) --ref --ref . WIM : mywim.swm mywim2.swm mywim3.swm mywim4.swm mywim5.swm WIM WIM "other.wim" : wimexport mywim.swm 1 other.wim --ref="mywim*.swm" (NOTES) (Data consistency): --unsafe- compact wimexport . wimoptimize WIM WIM WIM WIM ( --rebuild) . (Data deduplication): WIM ( "single instancing" ) . WIM . (metadata resource) . ESD: wimexport WIM "ESD" (.esd) ESD . wimexport WIM WIM . . --solid WIM ( .esd) --compress=LZX WIM ( .wim) . (EXAMPLES) 'boot.wim' 'new.wim': wimexport boot.wim 2 new.wim "new.wim" "boot.wim" . --compress=TYPE : wimexport boot.wim 2 new.wim --compress=LZX "ESD WIM" -- WIM WIM : wimexport install.esd all install.wim --compress=LZX "WIM ESD" -- WIM WIM : wimexport install.wim all install.esd --solid (SEE ALSO) wimlib-imagex(1) wiminfo(1) wimoptimize(1) wimlib 1.14.5 January 2026 WIMEXPORT(1)