Not sure when this was fixed, but file-roller in saucy correctly creates the temporary file inside the target folder.
** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529946 Title: Temporary file created in source directory for 7z compression To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/529946/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs