Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Mart van de Wege [2021-05-03 20:11:25] wrote:
>> Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>>> root@galahad:~# grep btrbk /etc/ -rl
>>>
>>> Have you `grep`d in `/var/` as well?
>>> [ E.g. `/var/spool/crontabs` ]
>>>
>> Yep, nothing there, aside from the usual suspects (apt & dpkg files).
>>
>>>> And yet I find this in /var/log/btrbk.log:
>>>>
>>>> 2017-03-12T20:16:28+0100 startup v0.24.0 - - - - # btrbk command line 
>>>> client, version 0.24.0
>>>
>>> Any other mention of activity around that time in some other log file?
>>>
>>>
>> Not that I can see. I am going to see what patching btrbk to log PPID
>> shows up tonight.
>
> My usual "trick" is to log a full `ps --forest -ef`.

Hmmm. If the PPID turns out to be ephemeral, then that is a good second
option.

> [ Instead of patching, you can rename it and replace it with a script
>   that runs the "real" btrbk.  ]
>
It's a Perl script, I automatically started editing it as I am pretty
fluent in Perl. Wrapper scripts are almost always my second thought.

Mart

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