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

# r.unpack(1grass)

Imports a GRASS GIS specific raster archive file (packed with r.pack) as a raster map

## NAME

**r.unpack**  - Imports a GRASS GIS specific raster archive file (packed with r.pack) as a raster map

## KEYWORDS

raster, import, copying

## SYNOPSIS

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

### Flags:

- **-o**

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

- **-p**

  Print projection information of input pack file and exit

- **--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.pack* **\[required\]**

  Name of input pack file

- **output**=*name*

  Name for output raster map (default: taken from input file internals)

## DESCRIPTION

*r.unpack* allows unpacking raster maps packed by *r.pack*.

## NOTES

Name of the raster map is determined by default from pack file internals. Optionally the name can be given by **output** parameter. Currently only 2D raster maps are supported.

## EXAMPLE

Pack up raster map *aspect* into *aspect.pack* file.\

```
r.pack input=aspect
```

the raster map can be afterwards unpacked by\

```
r.unpack input=aspect.pack
```

## SEE ALSO

*r.pack,* *r.in.gdal,* *v.pack*

## AUTHORS

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

## SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.unpack source code (history)

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