Geografic-Information-System/scripts/r.pack/r.pack.html

<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>

<em>r.pack</em> collects raster map elements and support files and
compressed them using <em>gzip</em> algorithm for copying. The packed
file can be afterwards unpacked
by <em><a href="r.unpack.html">r.unpack</a></em>.


<h2>NOTES</h2>

Name of the pack file is determined by default from <b>input</b>
parameter. Optionaly the name can be given by <b>output</b> parameter.

Currently only 2D raster maps are supported.


<h2>EXAMPLE</h2>

Pack up raster map <i>aspect</i> into <i>aspect.pack</i> file.

<div class="code"><pre>
r.pack input=aspect
</pre></div>

the raster map can be afterwards unpacked by

<div class="code"><pre>
r.unpack input=aspect.pack
</pre></div>

<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>

<em>
  <a href="r.unpack.html">r.unpack</a>,
  <a href="r.in.gdal.html">r.in.gdal</a>,
  <a href="g.copy.html">g.copy</a>,
  <a href="r.proj.html">r.proj</a>,
  <a href="v.unpack.html">v.unpack</a>
</em>


<h2>AUTHORS</h2>

Original Bash script written by Hamish Bowman, Otago University, New Zealand
<br>
Converted to Python and updated for GRASS 7 by Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

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<i>Last changed: $Date$</i>