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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-06-11 06:41:06 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-06-11 06:41:06 +0000
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downloadman-pages-bed63c46ada47cad9a18c27a06d9ae3800c1d82c.tar.gz
Clarify description a little.
s/changes the root directory/changes the root directory of the calling process/
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diff --git a/man2/chroot.2 b/man2/chroot.2
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+++ b/man2/chroot.2
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" Modified 1997-08-21 by Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
.\" Modified 2004-06-23 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\"
-.TH CHROOT 2 2004-06-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH CHROOT 2 2008-06-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
chroot \- change root directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ chroot \- change root directory
.BI "int chroot(const char *" path );
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR chroot ()
-changes the root directory to that specified in
+changes the root directory of the calling process to that specified in
.IR path .
This directory will be used for pathnames beginning with \fI/\fP.
The root directory is inherited by all children of the calling process.