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
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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	redistri-
     bute  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 7.4     Last change: May 2009			1