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TAR - Uncompressed
A uncompressed USTAR of a small source tree — for testing tar extraction and the TAR container. Member timestamps are fixed for reproducibility.
Archive contents — 4 entriestar
- README.txt
- records.csv
- config.json
- notes.md
Specifications
- Format
- uncompressed USTAR
- Members
- 4
- Tar Format
- USTAR
- Structure
- data/ and docs/ subfolders
What is a .tar file?
TAR (Tape Archive) is a Unix archive format that concatenates files with their metadata into a single uncompressed stream of fixed-size blocks. It preserves permissions, ownership, and directory structure but applies no compression itself. It is usually paired with a compressor such as gzip or xz.
How to use this file
Use an example TAR to test archive extraction, metadata and permission preservation, streaming block parsing, and pipelines that combine tar with external compression.
Related files
- tbz2TAR.BZ2 - Bzip2 TarballA bzip2-compressed tar of a small source tree — for testing tar extraction and the TBZ2 container. Member timestamps are fixed for reproducibility.
- tgzTAR.GZ - Gzip TarballA gzip-compressed tar of a small source tree — for testing tar extraction and the TGZ container. Member timestamps are fixed for reproducibility.
- txzTAR.XZ - XZ TarballA xz/LZMA-compressed tar of a small source tree — for testing tar extraction and the TXZ container. Member timestamps are fixed for reproducibility.
- 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.
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