User Commands                                           CHROT(1)



NAME
     chroot - run command or interactive shell with special  root
     directory

SYNOPSIS
     chroot NEWROT [COMAND...]
     chroot OPTION

DESCRIPTION
     Run COMAND with root directory set to NEWROT.

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

     If no  command  is  given,  run  ``${SHEL}  -i''  (default:
     /bin/sh).

AUTHOR
     Written by Roland McGrath.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, 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 chroot

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:








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       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.












































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