30 MB INI sample

An INI file of exactly 31,457,280 bytes. It is a valid INI configuration file file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 30 MB sample, test or dummy INI file.

sample-ini-30mb.ini

30 MB31,457,280 bytes

Download 30 MB INI

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Type: text/plain
SHA-256: aa27aadc8558c2296687aa3b4c8ea3d7f1e2a026f0f03077d6d6084b05afea36
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

A [general] section and 261,096 [record-N] sections of key = value pairs. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.

Sections	261,097
Comment character	Semicolon
Quoting	None
Encoding	UTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-ini-30mb.ini, exactly as they appear in the file.

00000000  3b 20 53 61 6d 70 6c 65  54 65 73 74 46 69 6c 65 |; SampleTestFile|
00000010  73 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65  20 49 4e 49 20 66 69 6c |s sample INI fil|
00000020  65 20 28 33 30 20 4d 42  29 0a 5b 67 65 6e 65 72 |e (30 MB).[gener|
00000030  61 6c 5d 0a 67 65 6e 65  72 61 74 6f 72 20 3d 20 |al].generator = |

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Where 30 MB matters

A 31,457,280-byte file, 30 MB in the binary units that operating systems and upload limits use. It is useful wherever a form, an API gateway, a storage quota or a mail server is configured with a limit of about this size.

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Use this file for

Finding the first upload limit in a new stack
Testing settings import in desktop software
Testing configuration readers

Testing notes for INI

Because nothing is standardised, test with the exact parser you ship; a file that one library accepts another may reject.

INI format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-ini-30mb.ini
Format	INI (INI configuration file)
Extension	.ini
MIME type	text/plain
Size	31,457,280 bytes (30 MB)
Kind	Text
SHA-256	aa27aadc8558c2296687aa3b4c8ea3d7f1e2a026f0f03077d6d6084b05afea36
Created	2026-10-23
Validation	See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
Preview	Available on this page
Source	Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Configuration

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 30 MB?: Yes. It is 31,457,280 bytes, which is 30 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 30 MB INI file?: A [general] section and 261,096 [record-N] sections of key = value pairs. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.
Which comment style do the samples use?: Semicolons, which the widest range of parsers accept.

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