GRASS GIS manual: r.pack

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NAME

r.pack - Packs up a raster map and support files for copying.

KEYWORDS

raster, copying

SYNOPSIS

r.pack
r.pack help
r.pack input=name [output=name] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Parameters:

input=name: Name of raster map to pack up
output=name: Name for output file (default is input-map.pack)

DESCRIPTION

r.pack packs up a GRASS raster map and related support files (color table etc) for copying to another computer as a single compressed file (gzip compression).

EXAMPLE

This command saves the raster map "elevation.dem" into the export file "elevation.dem.pack" which can be transferred to another computer:

 
r.pack elevation.dem

AUTHOR

Hamish Bowman, Otago University, New Zealand

Last changed: $Date: 2013-02-22 00:57:37 -0800 (Fri, 22 Feb 2013) $

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