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                      3: chroot()               COHERENT System Call              chroot()
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                      8: Change process's root directory
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                     10: iinntt cchhrroooott(_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y)
                     11: cchhaarr *_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y;
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                     13: The root directory is the directory from which file-name searches
                     14: commence when  a path name  begins with `/'.   chroot changes the
                     15: root directory to directory for the requesting process and all of
                     16: its children.
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                     18: Because of security  problems, chroot is restricted to the super-
                     19: user.  It is sometimes useful for a system administrator; for ex-
                     20: ample, to test a new system environment that resides on a mounted
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                     23: ***** See Also *****
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                     25: chdir(), COHERENT system calls, fork()
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                     27: ***** Diagnostics *****
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                     29: chroot returns zero for a  successful call.  It returns -1 on er-
                     30: rors, such as the caller not being the superuser or the directory
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