.. _writenn5:

writenn5
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**Syntax:** :code:`writenn5(input image, path, chunk size)`

Write an image to an .nn5 dataset.

This command can be used in the distributed processing mode. Use :ref:`distribute` command to change processing mode from local to distributed.

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.

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

Name (and path) of the dataset to write. If the dataset exists, its current contents are erased.

chunk size [input]
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**Data type:** 3-component integer vector

**Default value:** "[1536, 1536, 1536]"

Chunk size for the NN5 dataset to be written.