how to find cause of disappearing files

[mbest at pendragon.org (Michael Best)]

Bob Lewkowitz wrote:
> Hello....here is an odd problem for me. I have a Centos 3 server which
> has software installed that creates its pid files in the /tmp
> directory. I am not sure which script on the server is being run that
> completely clears the /tmp directory except for directories starting
> with periods. Can you guys think of a way for me to monitor these pid
> files and immediately log which process deleted these files as soon as
> it happens?
> 
> thx...Bob.

Have a look at tmpwatch in /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch

-Mike