NAME

chroot − change root directory for a command

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/chroot newroot command

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

chroot causes the given command to be executed relative to the new root.  The meaning of any initial slashes (/) in the path names is changed to newroot for the command and any of its child processes.  Upon execution, the initial working directory is newroot . 

Notice that redirecting the output of the command to a file:

chroot newroot command >x

will create the file x relative to the original root of the command, not the new one. 

The new root path name is always relative to the current root: even if a chroot is currently in effect, the newroot argument is relative to the current root of the running process. 

This command can be run only by the superuser. 

SEE ALSO

cd(1), chroot(2)

NOTES

Exercise extreme caution when referencing device files in the new root file system. 

SunOS 5.2  —  Last change: 14 Sep 1992