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Sample TAR+GZIP file
The gzip-compressed form of a tar archive - the ubiquitous .tar.gz.
↓ Download valid.tar.gz| Filename | valid.tar.gz |
| Format | TAR+GZIP |
| Size | 188 bytes (188 bytes) |
| MIME type | application/gzip |
| SHA-256 | 0da101bf8694244200910ca6601eb14a9b7cd9cc543af255392559d3521d2548 |
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