TAR.XZ - XZ Tarball
A xz/LZMA-compressed tar of a small source tree — for testing tar extraction and the TXZ container. Member timestamps are fixed for reproducibility.
- README.txt
- records.csv
- config.json
- notes.md
Specifications
- Format
- xz/LZMA-compressed tar
- Members
- 4
- Tar Format
- USTAR
- Structure
- data/ and docs/ subfolders
What is a .txz file?
TXZ is a shorthand extension for a TAR archive compressed with xz (LZMA2), equivalent to .tar.xz. The tar step bundles files, then xz compresses the stream at a high ratio with integrity checking. It is common for Linux packages and large software releases.
How to use this file
Use an example TXZ to test the decompress-then-untar pipeline with xz, and tooling that recognizes the abbreviated .txz extension.
How to use this file for testing
“TAR.XZ - XZ Tarball” 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: xz/LZMA-compressed tar · data/ and docs/ subfolders. 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
tar -tf source-tree.txz # list
tar -xf source-tree.txz -C out/ # extractRelated files
- tarTAR - UncompressedA uncompressed USTAR of a small source tree — for testing tar extraction and the TAR container. Member timestamps are fixed for reproducibility.
- 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.
- 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.
- arAR - Empty Archive (magic only)The smallest valid archive in this catalog: the 8-byte ar magic and nothing after it. ar has no trailer record, so end-of-file is the only end marker, and this is what an empty static library or an empty .deb control archive looks like on disk.
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