CHROOT(1)

NAME
chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory

SYNOPSIS
chroot [OPTION] NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...]
chroot OPTION

DESCRIPTION

Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.

--userspec=USER:GROUP
    specify user and group (ID or name) to use

--groups=G_LIST
    specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

If no command is given, run '${SHELL} -i' (default: '/bin/sh -i').

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report chroot translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Packaged by Cygwin (8.23-4) Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

AUTHOR
Written by Roland McGrath.

SEE ALSO
chroot(2)

The full documentation for chroot is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and chroot programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info coreutils 'chroot invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.