Hi, Just mentioning this bug http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466771 mkdir test touch test/solo touch test/empty echo -n x >test/nonempty ln test/empty test/empty1 ln test/nonempty test/nonempty1 mkdir z find test | cpio -H newc --create | (cd z && ../busybox cpio -i)