chroot(1) [x11r4 man page]

CHROOT(1)                                                          User Commands                                                         CHROOT(1)

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 (C) 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.

GNU coreutils 7.1                                                    July 2010                                                           CHROOT(1)