.\" Rick Sladkey .\" In the public domain. .\" Pathname modified by faith@cs.unc.edu .TH CHROOT 8 "20 November 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME chroot \- change root directory and execute a program there .SH SYNOPSIS .BI chroot " directory program" " [ " "arg ..." " ]" .SH DESCRIPTION .B chroot changes the root directory for a process to a new directory executes a program there. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR chroot (2) .SH AUTHOR Rick Sladkey