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CHROOT

CHROOT

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO


NAME

chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory

SYNOPSIS

chroot 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).

AUTHOR

Written by Roland McGrath?.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

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 chroot

should give you access to the complete manual.


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