---
name: "r.pack"
section: "1grass"
platform: "linux"
package: "grass-doc"
version: "8.4.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/r.pack"
---

# r.pack(1grass)

Exports a raster map as GRASS GIS specific archive file

## NAME

**r.pack**  - Exports a raster map as GRASS GIS 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 GIS 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)

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