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.\"	@(#)chroot.8	5.2 (Berkeley) 6/24/90
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.TH CHROOT 8 "June 24, 1990"
.UC 6
.SH NAME
chroot \- change root directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chroot newroot [ command ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I chroot
command changes its root directory to the supplied directory
.I newroot
and exec's
.IR command ,
if supplied, or an interactive copy of your shell (as specified
by the environmental variable
.IR SHELL )
if not.
.I /bin/sh
is used if
.I SHELL
is not specified.
.PP
Note,
.I command
or the shell are run as your real-user-id.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
chdir(2), chroot(2), environ(7)