GNU shell utilities
11.1 chroot: Run a command with a different root directory
chroot runs a command with a specified root directory.
On many systems, only the super-user can do this.
Synopses:
| | chroot newroot [command [args]...]
chroot option
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Ordinarily, filenames are looked up starting at the root of the
directory structure, i.e., `/'. chroot changes the root to
the directory newroot (which must exist) and then runs
command with optional args. If command is not
specified, the default is the value of the SHELL environment
variable or /bin/sh if not set, invoked with the `-i' option.
The only options are `--help' and `--version'. See section 2. Common options.
