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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2019-07-27 07:07:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2019-09-23 13:11:18 +0200 |
| commit | 14e47dbe605531d384dee4a6cf3f76d3859d902c (patch) | |
| tree | 3cd9bf1b4da125859ef02157aa4858a80e38b7e5 /man2/pivot_root.2 | |
| parent | cc245e5bf8bf94e400238b6ed81c6d4d335c4996 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-14e47dbe605531d384dee4a6cf3f76d3859d902c.tar.gz | |
pivot_root.2: Minor fix: place some text at a more logical location in the page
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man2/pivot_root.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/pivot_root.2 | 28 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/man2/pivot_root.2 b/man2/pivot_root.2 index c7d3bece12..87d5a9a837 100644 --- a/man2/pivot_root.2 +++ b/man2/pivot_root.2 @@ -78,25 +78,12 @@ the current root. number of \fI/..\fP to the string pointed to by \fIput_old\fP must yield the same directory as \fInew_root\fP. .IP \- 3 -No other filesystem may be mounted on \fIput_old\fP. -.PP -See also -.BR pivot_root (8) -for additional usage examples. -.PP -If the current root is not a mount point (e.g., after -.BR chroot (2) -or -.BR pivot_root (), -see also below), not the old root directory, but the -mount point of that filesystem is mounted on \fIput_old\fP. -.PP .I new_root must be a mount point. (If it is not otherwise a mount point, it suffices to bind mount .I new_root on top of itself.) -.PP +.IP \- 3 The propagation type of .I new_root and its parent mount must not be @@ -105,6 +92,19 @@ similarly, if .I put_old is an existing mount point, its propagation type must not be .BR MS_SHARED . +.IP \- 3 +No other filesystem may be mounted on \fIput_old\fP. +.PP +See also +.BR pivot_root (8) +for additional usage examples. +.PP +If the current root is not a mount point (e.g., after +.BR chroot (2) +or +.BR pivot_root (), +see also below), not the old root directory, but the +mount point of that filesystem is mounted on \fIput_old\fP. .SH RETURN VALUE On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and |