hi everybody, when i tried to read the inode of proc file/directory using a pointer to dirent which is returned by the readdir()., i am getting a different inode number(32449)instead of which is shown as inode 2 when ls -ia is done. hope it is clear.. thanks for all who tried to clarify my doubt.. srinivas - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/