filegone - Trace why file gone (deleted or renamed). Uses Linux eBPF/bcc. filegone [-h] [-p PID] This traces why file gone/vanished, providing information on who deleted or renamed the file. This works by tracing the kernel vfs_unlink() , vfs_rmdir() , vfs_rename functions. Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool. CONFIG_BPF and bcc.

-h Print usage message.

-p PID Trace this process ID only (filtered in-kernel).

Trace all file gone events # filegone

Trace file gone events caused by PID 181: # filegone -p 181

TIME Time of the event.

PID Process ID that renamed/deleted the file.

COMM Process name for the PID.

ACTION action on file: 'DELETE' or 'RENAME'

FILE Filename.

This traces the kernel VFS file rename and delete functions and prints output for each event. As the rate of this is generally expected to be low (< 1000/s), the overhead is also expected to be negligible. This is from bcc. https://github.com/iovisor/bcc

Also look in the bcc distribution for a companion _examples.txt file containing example usage, output, and commentary for this tool.

Linux Unstable - in development. Curu Wong filelife(8)