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v.unpack(1grass) GRASS User's Manual v.unpack(1grass)

NAME

v.unpack - Imports a GRASS specific vector archive file (packed with v.pack) as a vector map

KEYWORDS

vector, import, copying

SYNOPSIS

v.unpack
v.unpack --help
v.unpack [-op] input=name.pack [output=name] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:


Override projection check (use current projects’s CRS)
Assume that the dataset has same coordinate reference system as the current project

Print projection information of input pack file and exit

Allow output files to overwrite existing files

Print usage summary

Verbose module output

Quiet module output

Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:


Name of input pack file

Name for output vector map
Default: taken from input file internals

DESCRIPTION

v.unpack allows unpacking vector maps packed by v.pack.

NOTES

Name of the vector map is determined by default from pack file internals. Optionally the name can be given by output parameter.

EXAMPLE

Pack up vector map random_point into random_point.pack file. 

v.pack input=random_point

the vector map can be afterwards unpacked by 

v.unpack input=random_point.pack

SEE ALSO

v.pack, v.in.ogr, r.pack

AUTHOR

Luca Delucchi, Fondazione E. Mach (Italy), based on the r.unpack code

SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.unpack source code (history)

Latest change: Tuesday Nov 11 15:17:03 2025 in commit: 59f1608a354cb5e6c1a7a5cc477633b8632d1774

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