On Sun, 2022-11-20 at 21:17 -0700, Jerry James wrote:
> If you can't figure this out otherwise, here's a heavyweight
> solution.
> Install the systemtap package.  Run "sudo stap-prep".  Put this in a
> file named, say, events.stp, and replace "<username>" with your
> actual
> username:
> 
> ```
> probe vfs.open
> {
>   if (pathname == "/home/<username>/events.json")
>     printf("events.json created by %s (pid %d, uid %d)\n",
> execname(),
> pid(), uid())
> }
> ```
> 
> That's crude, because it doesn't check that the file is opened in
> create mode, but it will do for your case.  Delete events.json, then
> run "sudo stap events.stp".  Come back later and see if it has
> printed
> anything.  If I run "touch events.json" in another shell, for
> example,
> it prints:
> 
> events.json created by touch (pid 39957, uid 1000)
> 
> Press Ctrl-C to exit from stap when you are done.
> -- 
> Jerry James
> http://www.jamezone.org/

That's very neat. The file is gone now, thankfully, but I'll have to
remember this tip for the future. Thanks!

-- 
Terveisin / Regards,
Matti Pulkkinen

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