Sample .tar.gz archive (double extension)

Why test with this file

Tests double-extension handling and archive extraction with nested paths.

What to check

After your application has processed sample-archive.tar.gz, confirm that:

• The upload is recognised as .tar.gz, not as .gz alone.
• Extraction recreates the data sub-folder and all three files.
• Extraction refuses to write outside the target folder.

First bytes of the file

The first 64 bytes of sample-archive.tar.gz as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The GZ signature is 1F 8B 08.

00000000  1f 8b 08 08 00 b9 55 69 00 ff 73 61 6d 70 6c 65  |......Ui..sample|
00000010  2d 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 2e 74 61 72 00 ed 57 db  |-archive.tar..W.|
00000020  6e 1b 37 10 f5 f3 7e 85 e0 e7 59 86 c3 cb 5e f2  |n.7...~...Y...^.|
00000030  54 c5 55 12 d7 b1 e3 c6 8d 8b f6 25 a0 d6 94 cc  |T.U........%....|

Preview

GZ files cannot be shown in a browser. Download the file and open it with gzip and gunzip.

Technical details

Validated for expected format and integrity. As with any download, scan the file with your own security tools before opening it. How files are made and checked

Download from the command line and verify

Fetch the file with curl, then compare its checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

curl -o sample-archive.tar.gz 'https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/samples/sample-archive.tar.gz'
sha256sum sample-archive.tar.gz     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-archive.tar.gz # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-archive.tar.gz -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. A matching value proves that the download is complete and unaltered.

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