TGZ Sample Files

Verified downloads with technical metadata and integrity checks.

Format Overview

TAR.GZ (.tgz) combines TAR archiving with GZip compression, common on Unix systems. Use sample .tgz files to test long-path handling, incremental backups, and streaming extraction.

Quick Stats

Files Shown4

Total Files4

CategoryArchive

ManifestJSON

Validation Methodology

Verify listing and extraction behavior across tools.
Check compression ratio assumptions and extraction limits.
Test zip-slip/path traversal protections in upload pipelines.

Download Files

All (4) 50KB (1) 200KB (1) 500KB (1) 1MB (1)

Filename	Size	MIME	SHA256	Download
tgz_sample_file_1MB.tgz .tgz	1.0 MB	`application/x-tar`	`c537e697282416f3fc2a0fd69facca787cb40c62fb6b988a7aca5e084cedf1a8`	Download
tgz_sample_file_200KB.tgz .tgz	200.3 KB	`application/x-tar`	`0e7be7ee9c27492c5c36f195618ab2cb3a57f6a62d3c198a651c496c18c074e1`	Download
tgz_sample_file_500KB.tgz .tgz	500.3 KB	`application/x-tar`	`48a1ceb01976b177d1bd1a7ff6128b9ea1ec14c657a1f8a12d90b82d99328ca2`	Download
tgz_sample_file_50KB.tgz .tgz	50.2 KB	`application/x-tar`	`31b8f2ad77e4ee3a76fa2c4409a01733b000992b3e6462aeca574ca193dd1834`	Download

Checksum Verification

Use checksums to confirm file integrity after download.

shasum -a 256 your_file_name_here
# Compare output with SHA256 values listed above.

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