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ZIP - Many Small Files

A ZIP archive — 100 tiny files for throughput testing. Deterministic (fixed member timestamps) and safe to extract anywhere.

Conversion testing
Archive contents — 100 entrieszip
  • item-000.txt
  • item-001.txt
  • item-002.txt
  • item-003.txt
  • item-004.txt
  • item-005.txt
  • item-006.txt
  • item-007.txt
  • item-008.txt
  • item-009.txt
  • item-010.txt
  • item-011.txt
  • item-012.txt
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  • item-015.txt
  • item-016.txt
  • item-017.txt
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  • item-020.txt
  • item-021.txt
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  • item-024.txt
  • item-025.txt
  • item-026.txt
  • item-027.txt
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  • item-029.txt
  • item-030.txt
  • item-031.txt
  • item-032.txt
  • item-033.txt
  • item-034.txt
  • item-035.txt
  • item-036.txt
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  • item-064.txt
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  • item-066.txt
  • item-067.txt
  • item-068.txt
  • item-069.txt
  • item-070.txt
  • item-071.txt
  • item-072.txt
  • item-073.txt
  • item-074.txt
  • item-075.txt
  • item-076.txt
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  • item-098.txt
  • item-099.txt

Specifications

Format
ZIP (deflate)
Members
100
Structure
100 tiny files for throughput testing
Compression
deflate

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 - Many Small Files” 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 (deflate) · 100 tiny files for throughput testing. 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 many-files.zip     # list members
unzip many-files.zip -d out/  # extract

Related files

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