.TH CHROOT 1L "GNU Shell Utilities" "FSF" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
chroot \- run command or interactive shell with special root directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chroot
[\-\-help] [\-\-version]
directory [command...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
This manual page documents the GNU version of
.BR chroot .
.B chroot
runs a command with the root directory for file name translation changed to
the specified directory.
If no command is given,
.B chroot
runs an interactive shell.  The `SHELL' environment variable specifies the
shell program; the default is /bin/sh.
.SS OPTIONS
.I "\-\-help"
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
.TP
.I "\-\-version"
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.
.SS NOTES
On many systems only the super-user can change root directory.