r.pack(1grass)
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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:
- -c
-
Switch the compression off - --overwrite
-
Allow output files to overwrite existing files - --help
-
Print usage summary - --verbose
-
Verbose module output - --quiet
-
Quiet module output - --ui
-
Force launching GUI dialog
Parameters:
- input=name [required]
-
Name of raster map to pack up - output=name
-
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)
Accessed: Thursday Jun 18 12:50:31 2026
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