Ferme Trace killing a trace file

So, I am seeing some odd behavior and not sure what is going on.

I have an open trace file, write to it, and then close it with ferme_trace .  Somewhere in ferme_trace the file is being deleted from the TRA directory.   Cannot debug ferme_trace since LECFIC is not available... but in general, I am drawing a blank on what is happening.


anyone have any thoughts?  Seen this behaviour before?