CHROOT("1") manual page
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chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory
chroot NEWROOT [COMMAND...]
chroot OPTION
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).
Written
by Roland McGrath.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2008 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.
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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