Hi All, The hardlink count for / should be 3 + (number of immediate subdirs) it is however 4 + (no of immediate subdirectories) as here :i am not able to figure that out by any stretch of imagination myshec44191d:/ # ls -al total 34 drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 512 Mar 9 20:16 . drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 512 Mar 9 20:16 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 Feb 15 10:54 agnimnt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2896 Mar 9 20:19 bin drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Jan 6 10:51 boot drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 16240 Mar 10 10:18 dev drwxr-xr-x 102 root root 8984 Mar 9 20:18 etc drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 1008 Feb 17 15:43 home drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 3976 Jan 6 10:52 lib drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 104 Feb 17 16:34 media drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 Sep 9 21:57 mnt drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 904 Mar 9 10:45 opt dr-xr-xr-x 136 root root 0 Mar 8 16:20 proc drwx------ 66 root root 5600 Mar 10 10:28 root drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 9744 Jan 7 11:33 sbin drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 120 Jan 6 11:17 srv drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 0 Mar 8 16:20 sys drwxrwxrwt 15 root root 688 Mar 10 10:30 tmp drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 432 Feb 23 11:21 usr drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 384 Jan 6 10:45 var myshec44191d:/ # ls |wc -l 18 , there are 18 subdirectories so it should be 21 ,however it is 22. This is mount status myshec44191d:/ # mount /dev/mapper/system-root on / type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/hda20 on /boot type ext2 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/mapper/system-home on /home type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/mapper/system-usr on /usr type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) Regards Digz **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***