Tente criar um arquivo vazio e marque as operações envolvidas para excluí-lo. A lista é muito longa:
touch a
strace rm a
execve("/bin/rm", ["rm", "a"], [/* 20 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x65f000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd579b94000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=25132, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 25132, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd579b8d000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "7ELFtouch a
strace rm a
execve("/bin/rm", ["rm", "a"], [/* 20 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x65f000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd579b94000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=25132, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 25132, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd579b8d000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "7ELF%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%>%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%0%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1840928, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3949248, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd5795af000
mprotect(0x7fd57976a000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7fd579969000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1ba000) = 0x7fd579969000
mmap(0x7fd57996f000, 17088, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd57996f000
close(3) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd579b8c000
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd579b8a000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7fd579b8a740) = 0
mprotect(0x7fd579969000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x60d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7fd579b96000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7fd579b8d000, 25132) = 0
brk(0) = 0x65f000
brk(0x680000) = 0x680000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2919792, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2919792, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd5792e6000
close(3) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "a", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=0, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0
geteuid() = 1000
newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "a", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=0, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0
faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "a", W_OK) = 0
unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, "a", 0) = 0
lseek(0, 0, SEEK_CUR) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
close(0) = 0
close(1) = 0
close(2) = 0
exit_group(0) = ?
+++ exited with 0 +++
%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%>%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%0%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%%pre%"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1840928, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3949248, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd5795af000
mprotect(0x7fd57976a000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7fd579969000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1ba000) = 0x7fd579969000
mmap(0x7fd57996f000, 17088, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd57996f000
close(3) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd579b8c000
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd579b8a000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7fd579b8a740) = 0
mprotect(0x7fd579969000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x60d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7fd579b96000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7fd579b8d000, 25132) = 0
brk(0) = 0x65f000
brk(0x680000) = 0x680000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2919792, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2919792, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd5792e6000
close(3) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "a", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=0, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0
geteuid() = 1000
newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "a", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=0, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0
faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "a", W_OK) = 0
unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, "a", 0) = 0
lseek(0, 0, SEEK_CUR) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
close(0) = 0
close(1) = 0
close(2) = 0
exit_group(0) = ?
+++ exited with 0 +++
Por que isso?