CHROOT(1L)
NAME
chroot - run command or interactive shell with special
root directory
SYNOPSIS
chroot [--help] [--version] directory [command...]
DESCRIPTION
This documentation is no longer being maintained and may
be inaccurate or incomplete. The Texinfo documentation is
now the authoritative source.
This manual page documents the GNU version of chroot.
chroot runs a command with the root directory for file
name translation changed to the specified directory. If
no command is given, chroot runs an interactive shell.
The `SHELL' environment variable specifies the shell pro-
gram; the default is /bin/sh.
OPTIONS
--help Print a usage message on standard output and exit
successfully.
--version
Print version information on standard output then
exit successfully.
NOTES
On many systems only the super-user can change root direc-
tory.