redhat man page for chroot

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CHROOT(1)								FSF								 CHROOT(1)

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 <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 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 PARTICU- LAR 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. GNU coreutils 4.5.3 February 2003 CHROOT(1)
Related Man Pages
su(1) - redhat
chroot(8) - netbsd
chroot(8) - osx
chroot(1) - xfree86
chroot(1) - posix
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