Section 8: chroot



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CHROOT(8)                      FSF                      CHROOT(8)


NAME

chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory

SYNOPSIS

chroot [OPTION] NEWROOT [COMMAND...] chroot OPTION

DESCRIPTION

Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit If no command is given, run ``${SHELL} -i'' (default: /bin/sh). REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to . SEE ALSO The full documentation for chroot is maintained as a Tex- info manual. If the info and chroot programs are properly installed at your site, the command info chroot should give you access to the complete manual.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying condi- tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. GNU sh-utils 2.0 August 1999 1