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Can't run the archiver executable error message
I am using the xarchiver on a xfce environment. When compressing a directory using xarchiver which has both files and subdirectories, I encounter the following error:
Code:
Can't run the archiver executable:
Failed to execute child process "tar" (Argument list too long)

Does anyone know exactly what this error means and how to correct it? Is this a bug in the xarchiver?

Currently the only way I use to create a compressed archive is to enter the terminal and enter:
Code:
tar czf myfolder.tar.gz myfolder/

 
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XFCE4-POWER-MANAGER(1)					      General Commands Manual					    XFCE4-POWER-MANAGER(1)

NAME

       xfce4-power-manager - The Xfce 4 Power manager

SYNOPSIS

       xfce4-power-manager [options]

DESCRIPTION

       xfce4-power-manager  manages  the  power  sources  on the computer and the devices that can be controlled to reduce their power consumption
       (such as LCD brightness level, monitor sleep, CPU frequency scaling). In addition, xfce4-power-manager provides a set  of  freedesktop-com-
       pliant  DBus interfaces to inform other applications about current power level so that they can adjust their power consumption, and it pro-
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OPTIONS

       --no-daemon
	      Starts the power manager in non-daemon mode: useful for debugging.

       --restart
	      Causes the running power manager to restart.

       --customize
	      Shows the configuration dialog.

       --quit Causes any running instance of xfce4-power-manager to exit.

BUGS

       Please  report any bugs to http://bugzilla.xfce.org/.  Development discussion should be conducted on the goodies-dev@xfce.org mailing list.
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MANPAGE AUTHORS

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31 March 2009							   Version 0.8.0					    XFCE4-POWER-MANAGER(1)