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

# v.unpack(1grass)

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

## NAME

**v.unpack**  - Imports a GRASS GIS 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:

- **-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 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)

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