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r.pack(1grass) GRASS User's Manual r.pack(1grass)

NAME

r.pack - Exports a raster map as GRASS specific archive file

KEYWORDS

raster, export, copying

SYNOPSIS

r.pack
r.pack --help
r.pack [-c] input=name [output=name] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:


Switch the compression off

Allow output files to overwrite existing files

Print usage summary

Verbose module output

Quiet module output

Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:


Name of raster map to pack up

Name for output file (default is <input>.pack)

DESCRIPTION

r.pack collects raster map elements and support files and compressed them using gzip algorithm for copying. The resulting packed file can be afterwards unpacked within a GRASS session by r.unpack. Since the selected raster map is not exported but natively stored, the current region is not respected. Hence r.pack stores the entire raster map.

NOTES

By default, the name of the pack file is determined from the input parameter. Optionally a different name can be given by output parameter. Currently only 2D raster maps are supported.

EXAMPLE

Pack up the entire raster map aspect into aspect.pack file: 

r.pack input=aspect

The packed raster map file aspect.pack can afterwards be unpacked by 

r.unpack input=aspect.pack

SEE ALSO

r.unpack, r.in.gdal, g.copy, r.proj, v.unpack

AUTHORS

Original Bash script written by Hamish Bowman, Otago University, New Zealand
Converted to Python and updated for GRASS 7 by Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.pack source code (history)

Latest change: Thursday Nov 06 22:27:54 2025 in commit: 298b38614712934179355ea767403d6bfea8f5f9

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