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

SYNOPSIS
       chroot NEWROOT [COMMAND...]
       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 bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  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 WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       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.



chroot 5.97			 January 2007			     CHROOT(8)




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