If the files are open you could find the processes with something like
ll -d /proc/[1-9]*/fd/* | grep /tmp/
Question
Is it possible to trace which files are creating files in the /tmp folder on a linux OS? I want to back trace some files to find out where they have come from
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If the files are open you could find the processes with something like
ll -d /proc/[1-9]*/fd/* | grep /tmp/