ZIP — Deep Nested (3 Levels)
Three-level nested ZIP SAMPLE for deep recursive extraction tests.
- level0.txt
- level1.zip
Specifications
- Depth
- 3
- Wave
- G
What is a .zip file?
ZIP is a widely supported archive format that bundles multiple files and directories into one container, typically with per-file DEFLATE compression and a central directory index. It supports random access to individual entries without decompressing the whole archive. It underlies many document formats such as DOCX and EPUB.
How to use this file
Use an example ZIP to test archive extraction, central-directory parsing, per-entry decompression, and protection against path-traversal (zip-slip) during unpacking.
How to use this file for testing
“ZIP — Deep Nested (3 Levels)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Conversion testing. The same content exported across many formats and linked as a group, so you can convert one and diff against the expected twin.
Documented properties for this file: ZIP · 389 bytes. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
Archive fixtures are documented down to their member list (shown on this page) and are deliberately safe — no zip bombs, executables, or hidden payloads. Test extractors against nested, unicode, empty, and encrypted variants.
Code examples
unzip -l deep-nested-zip.zip # list members
unzip deep-nested-zip.zip -d out/ # extractRelated files
- tgzTGZ — Nested Companion SAMPLEGzipped tarball SAMPLE companion for nested-archive conversion sets.
- zipZIP — Nested Archive SAMPLEZIP containing another ZIP plus text — for recursive extractors.
- 7z7z - LZMA2 ArchiveA 7-Zip archive using LZMA2 compression, containing a small documented file tree. For testing 7z extraction and conversion.
- 7z7z - Password ProtectedA password-protected 7z archive (AES-256, encrypted header). The password is “novus-example” — printed here on purpose so you can test encrypted-archive extraction. Contains only harmless sample text.
- bz2BZ2 - Bzip2 Single FileA single text file compressed with bzip2 — the container-free codec on its own, for testing decompression and codec detection.
- cpioCPIO Archive (newc/SVR4)A cpio archive in the newc (SVR4) format with four members — the Unix archive format used by initramfs and RPM. Hand-written to spec and documented down to its member list; for testing cpio extractors and converters.
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