diff -r 445c96548b64 openide.filesystems/test/unit/src/org/openide/filesystems/FileObjectTestHid.java
--- a/openide.filesystems/test/unit/src/org/openide/filesystems/FileObjectTestHid.java	Thu Jan 13 15:26:57 2011 +0100
+++ b/openide.filesystems/test/unit/src/org/openide/filesystems/FileObjectTestHid.java	Tue Jan 18 13:30:19 2011 +0100
@@ -713,6 +713,15 @@
         fsAssert("findResource problem", result != null);
         fsAssert("findResource problem",fo1.equals(result));
     }
+
+    public void  testGetPathWithDots() {
+        checkSetUp();
+        FileObject fold1 = getTestFolder1(root);
+        FileObject fold2 = getTestFolder1(fold1);
+        
+        assertEquals("Is parent", fold1, fold2.getParent());
+        assertEquals("No .. can be used", null, fold2.getFileObject(".."));
+    }
     
     public void  testGetPath2() {
         checkSetUp();
@@ -776,6 +785,30 @@
         fsAssert("findResource problem",fo1.equals(result));
     }
 
+    public void testGetPathNoParent() throws  IOException{
+        checkSetUp();
+        FileObject fold1 = getTestFolder1(root);
+        FileObject fold2 = getTestFolder1(fold1);
+
+        FileObject fo1 = null;
+        FileObject fo2 = null;
+        try {
+            fo1 = FileUtil.createData(fold2, "a/b/c.java");        
+            fo2 = FileUtil.createData(fold2, "a/x/y.java");        
+        } catch (IOException iex) {
+            fsAssert("There is not possible to create folder a.b.c",
+            fs.isReadOnly() || fold2.isReadOnly());
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        FileObject r1 = fo1.getParent().getParent().getFileObject("x/y.java");
+        FileObject r2 = fo1.getParent().getFileObject("../x/y.java");
+        FileObject r3 = fo1.getFileObject("../../x/y.java");
+        assertEquals("y.java found without ..", fo2, r1);
+        assertNull("y.java not found with ..", r2);
+        assertNull("y.java not found with ../..", r3);
+    }
+
     public void  testGetPath5() throws  IOException{
         checkSetUp();
         FileObject fold1 = getTestFolder1(root);