v.pack(1grass)

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💖 v.pack — GRASS User's Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the GRASS User's Manual, page v.pack(1grass). grab a snack, we're packing vector maps 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

v.pack — the girl that exports a vector map as a GRASS specific archive file 🫶

🌸 KEYWORDS 🌸

vector, export, copying

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

v.pack
v.pack --help
v.pack [-c] input=name  [output=name]   [--overwrite]  [--help]
       [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

💅 FLAGS 💅

it's giving "little toggle switches, but make them iconic"

  • -c — switches the compression off. no gzip moment for you today, bestie.
  • --overwrite — lets your output files just steamroll over files that already exist. bold. fearless. possibly regretful. 💀
  • --help — prints you a lil usage summary, because we all need a recap sometimes.
  • --verbose — verbose module output, aka the module tells you everything it's doing, main character narration style.
  • --quiet — quiet module output. shhh. no notes. just vibes.
  • --ui — forces the GUI dialog to launch, for when you want the clicky experience ✨

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

the actual info you gotta feed her

  • input=name [required] — the name of the vector map you wanna pack up. yes it's required, yes she will not do it without it, periodt.
  • output=name — the name for the output file. default is <input>.pack, which is lowkey the cutest naming convention.

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

v.pack collects (packs) vector map elements and support files in the GRASS Database and creates a compressed file using the gzip algorithm. adorable, right?

this file can be used to copy the vector map to another machine — like, take your map on a little field trip to a different computer, no cap.

and then? the packed file can be afterwards unpacked by v.unpack. it's a whole two-step routine, and honestly? obsessed. 🧚

💜 NOTES 💜

the name of the pack file is determined by default from the input parameter. optionally, the name can be given by the output parameter. you get a choice, bestie, we love options 🍓

⭐ 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

look at you go. ate that. 🔥

🔮 SEE ALSO 🔮

v.unpack, v.in.ogr, g.copy, v.proj, r.unpack

iykyk 💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Luca Delucchi, Fondazione E. Mach (Italy), based on the r.pack code. iconic of him honestly 🌟

💻 SOURCE CODE 💻

available at: v.pack source code (history)

latest change: Thursday Nov 06 22:27:54 2025 in commit: 298b38614712934179355ea767403d6bfea8f5f9

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okay that's the whole thing, and one last thing before you go — this doc is © 2003-2026 GRASS Development Team, it's from the GRASS 8.5.0 Reference Manual, and the page version tag at the bottom is GRASS 8.5.0, v.pack(1grass). slay, go pack something 💅✨🦋

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