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Check a .gguf model download for a cut-off file, a missing shard and a bad header without…
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Made for people who downloaded a language model as a .gguf file and want to look at it before loading it. You get a small script that reads only the header, the metadata and the list of tensors, then compares what they promise with the size of the file. It reports a cut-off download, a file that is really a web page or archive, missing parts of a split model, and header faults, and it lists what is inside. It never loads the model or changes the file. Honest limit: tried only on invented files and one version of the official package, not on a real model or a real broken download.
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Guide title
Check a .gguf model download for a cut-off file, a missing shard and a bad header without loading it, and see what is inside
Coverage
Made for people who downloaded a language model as a .gguf file and want to look at it before loading it. You get a small script that reads only the header, the metadata and the list of tensors, then compares what they promise with the size of the file. It reports a cut-off download, a file that is really a web page or archive, missing parts of a split model, and header faults, and it lists what is inside. It never loads the model or changes the file. Honest limit: tried only on invented files and one version of the official package, not on a real model or a real broken download.
Example
A made-up file with its last byte missing was reported as one byte short, while the official package refused it with a message about array sizes. A saved web page, an empty file and a renamed ZIP archive were each recognised as not GGUF. A split model with its middle part missing was named in the report. Checking a 302 MiB test file took about a quarter of a second.
Useful starting points
- Keep the original file names of a split model, in one folder.
- A value from the download page is the only useful checksum to compare.
- Read the entries flagged as path-like before you share a model.
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