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[John Summerfield]

> 
> I don't know how this file got created. What is the best way to trace the cre
> ation

Linux logging sucks, so there's no directy way find how it happened. 
Forther, deleting the evidence makes it harder;-)
	ls -l \* --full-time -time ctime
would have told you during which second it was created.

Examining your crontabs would give you a clue about what might have been 
running (other dhan daemons) at the time. The file's contents might have 
helped too;-)

	file \*
would tell you a little about it. If it's not a text file, then
	strings \* | less
If it's a gzipped file, then
	file -z \*
and maybe
	gzip -dc \* | strings | less

 

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John Summerfield
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