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file roller compression problems with 7z

Can some please tell me why I can't make a 7z archive with file roller? I have already installed p7zip, p7zip-plugins, and 7za. I don't understand what the problem is. I can make a 7z archive from the command line with no problems. I keep getting this message but it doesn't tell me what the error is.

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An error occurred while adding files to the archive.

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7za

7za(1)							      General Commands Manual							    7za(1)

NAME

       7za - A file archiver with highest compression ratio

SYNOPSIS

       7za [adeltux] [-] [SWITCH] <ARCHIVE_NAME> <ARGUMENTS>...

DESCRIPTION

       7-Zip  is  a file archiver with the highest compression ratio. The program supports 7z (that implements LZMA compression algorithm), LZMA2,
       XZ, ZIP, Zip64, CAB, RAR (if the non-free p7zip-rar package is installed), ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM, ISO,  most	filesystem  images
       and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.

       7za is a stand-alone executable. 7za handles less archive formats than 7z.

FUNCTION LETTERS

       a      Add

       d      Delete

       e      Extract

       l      List

       t      Test

       u      Update

       x      eXtract with full paths

SWITCHES

       -ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
	      Include archives

       -ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
	      eXclude archives

       -bd    Disable percentage indicator

       -i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
	      Include filenames

       -l     don't  store  symlinks;  store  the files/directories they point to (CAUTION : the scanning stage can never end because of recursive
	      symlinks like 'ln -s .. ldir')

       -m{Parameters}
	      Set Compression Method (see /usr/share/doc/p7zip-full/DOCS/MANUAL/switches/method.htm for a list of methods)

       -mhe=on|off
	      7z format only : enables or disables archive header encryption (Default : off)

       -o{Directory}
	      Set Output directory

       -p{Password}
	      Set Password

       -r[-|0]
	      Recurse subdirectories (CAUTION: this flag does not do what you think, avoid using it)

       -sfx[{name}]
	      Create SFX archive

       -si    Read data from StdIn (eg: tar cf - directory | 7za a -si directory.tar.7z)

       -so    Write data to StdOut (eg: % echo foo | 7z a dummy -tgzip -si -so > /dev/null)

       -slt   Sets technical mode for l (list) command

       -t{Type}
	      Type of archive (7z, zip, gzip, bzip2 or tar. 7z format is default)

       -v{Size}[b|k|m|g]
	      Create volumes

       -u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]
	      Update options

       -w[path]
	      Set Working directory

       -x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
	      Exclude filenames

       -y     Assume Yes on all queries

DIAGNOSTICS

       7-Zip returns the following exit codes:

	      0      Normal (no errors or warnings detected)

	      1      Warning (Non fatal error(s)). For example, some files cannot be read during compressing. So they were not compressed

	      2      Fatal error

	      7      Bad command line parameters

	      8      Not enough memory for operation

	      255    User stopped the process with control-C (or similar)

Backup and limitations
       DO NOT USE the 7-zip format for backup purpose on Linux/Unix because :
	- 7-zip does not store the owner/group of the file.

       On Linux/Unix, in order to backup directories you must use tar :
	- to backup a directory  : tar cf - directory | 7za a -si directory.tar.7z
	- to restore your backup : 7za x -so directory.tar.7z | tar xf -

       If you want to send files and directories (not the owner of file) to others Unix/MacOS/Windows users, you can use the 7-zip format.

	 example : 7za a directory.7z  directory

       Do not use "-r" because this flag does not do what you think.

       Do not use directory/* because of ".*" files (example : "directory/*" does not match "directory/.profile")

EXAMPLE 1
       7za a -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on archive.7z dir1
	      adds all files from directory "dir1" to archive archive.7z using "ultra settings"

       -t7z   7z archive

       -m0=lzma
	      lzma method

       -mx=9  level of compression = 9 (Ultra)

       -mfb=64
	      number of fast bytes for LZMA = 64

       -md=32m
	      dictionary size = 32 megabytes

       -ms=on solid archive = on

EXAMPLE 2
       7za a -sfx archive.exe dir1
	      add all files from directory "dir1" to SFX archive archive.exe (Remark : SFX archive MUST end with ".exe")

EXAMPLE 3
       7za a -mhe=on -pmy_password archive.7z a_directory
	      add all files from directory "a_directory" to the archive "archive.7z" (with data and header archive encryption on)

SEE ALSO

       7z(1), 7zr(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), zip(1)

HTML Documentation
       /usr/share/doc/p7zip-full/DOCS/MANUAL/index.htm

AUTHOR

       Written for Debian by Mohammed Adnene Trojette.

Mohammed Adnene Trojette					 September 1 2006							    7za(1)

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