NAME

chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory

SYNOPSIS

chroot NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...] 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).

AUTHOR

Written by Roland McGrath.

REPORTING BUGS

Report chroot bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

chroot(2)

The full documentation for chroot is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and chroot programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info coreutils 'chroot invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.

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