1WIMVERIFY(1) User Commands WIMVERIFY(1)
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6 wimverify - Verify a WIM archive
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9 wimverify WIMFILE [OPTION...]
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12 wimverify (or equivalently wimlib-imagex verify) checks the validity
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15 Specifically, this command performs the following verifications on the
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18 • Verify that the WIM can be successfully opened, which involves
19 parsing the header, blob table, and XML data.
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21 • If the WIM contains extra integrity information, verify the integ‐
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24 • Verify that the metadata for each image in the WIM can be success‐
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27 • Verify that all files needed by each image are actually contained
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35 File glob of additional WIMs or split WIM parts to reference re‐
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42 Do not verify the WIM's integrity using the extra integrity in‐
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46 wimverify is a read-only operation; it does not modify the WIM file.
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48 Even if the WIM does not contain extra integrity information (e.g. gen‐
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52 In the future, wimverify might do more thorough verifications than it
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56 Verify the WIM file 'boot.wim':
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58 wimverify boot.wim
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60 Verify the split WIM file consisting of 'boot.swm', 'boot2.swm',
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63 wimverify boot.swm --ref="boot*.swm"
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