Stiphane, Usually parent information is stored in the vnodes private information, which ofcourse, is private and different in layout between FS. George. Stiphane Sudre wrote: Would there be a way to find 1 vnode parent of a vnode (on any FS)? The headers and "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD OS" are saying no. _______________________________________________ darwin-kernel mailing list | darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/darwin-kernel Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. _______________________________________________ darwin-kernel mailing list | darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/darwin-kernel Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.