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Sample TAR+GZIP file

The gzip-compressed form of a tar archive - the ubiquitous .tar.gz.

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Filenamevalid.tar.gz
FormatTAR+GZIP
Size188 bytes (188 bytes)
MIME typeapplication/gzip
SHA-2560da101bf8694244200910ca6601eb14a9b7cd9cc543af255392559d3521d2548
What this file catchesThe two-stage decode (gunzip, then untar) that trips code expecting a single compression step. Also a media-type check: .tar.gz is application/gzip on the outside, not application/x-tar.

Download & verify

curl -fsSL -o "valid.tar.gz" "https://files.hexaqa.com/archive/valid.tar.gz"
curl -fsSL "https://files.hexaqa.com/archive/valid.tar.gz" | sha256sum # expect: 0da101bf8694244200910ca6601eb14a9b7cd9cc543af255392559d3521d2548

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