chroot.1 (455B)
1 .Dd 2015-10-08 2 .Dt CHROOT 1 3 .Os sbase 4 .Sh NAME 5 .Nm chroot 6 .Nd run a command or shell with a different root directory 7 .Sh SYNOPSIS 8 .Nm 9 .Ar dir 10 .Op Ar cmd Op Ar arg ... 11 .Sh DESCRIPTION 12 .Nm 13 runs 14 .Ar cmd 15 after changing the root directory to 16 .Ar dir 17 with the 18 .Xr chroot 2 19 system call and after changing the working directory to the new root. 20 If 21 .Ar cmd 22 is not specified, an interactive shell is started in the new root. 23 .Sh SEE ALSO 24 .Xr chdir 2 , 25 .Xr chroot 2