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                     20: .TH CHROOT 8 "June 24, 1990"
                     21: .UC 6
                     22: .SH NAME
                     23: chroot \- change root directory
                     24: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     25: .B chroot newroot [ command ]
                     26: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     27: The
                     28: .I chroot
                     29: command changes its root directory to the supplied directory
                     30: .I newroot
                     31: and exec's
                     32: .IR command ,
                     33: if supplied, or an interactive copy of your shell (as specified
                     34: by the environmental variable
                     35: .IR SHELL )
                     36: if not.
                     37: .I /bin/sh
                     38: is used if
                     39: .I SHELL
                     40: is not specified.
                     41: .PP
                     42: Note,
                     43: .I command
                     44: or the shell are run as your real-user-id.
                     45: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     46: chdir(2), chroot(2), environ(7)

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