.. _writelz4:

writelz4
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**Syntax:** :code:`writelz4(input image, filename)`

Write an image to an .lz4raw file.

This command cannot be used in the distributed processing mode. If you need it, please contact the authors.

Arguments
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input image [input]
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**Data type:** uint8 image, uint16 image, uint32 image, uint64 image, int8 image, int16 image, int32 image, int64 image, float32 image, complex32 image

Image to save.

filename [input]
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**Data type:** string

Name (and path) of the file to write. If the file exists, its current contents are erased. Extension .lz4raw is automatically appended to the name of the file.