diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'man2/pivot_root.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/pivot_root.2 | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/pivot_root.2 b/man2/pivot_root.2 index 430781a989..9bc9017805 100644 --- a/man2/pivot_root.2 +++ b/man2/pivot_root.2 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ of the current process. The typical use of .BR pivot_root () is during system startup, when the -system mounts a temporary root file system (e.g. an \fBinitrd\fP), then +system mounts a temporary root file system (e.g., an \fBinitrd\fP), then mounts the real root file system, and eventually turns the latter into the current root of all relevant processes or threads. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ They must be directories. \fInew_root\fP and \fIput_old\fP must not be on the same file system as the current root. .IP \- 3 -\fIput_old\fP must be underneath \fInew_root\fP, i.e. adding a non-zero +\fIput_old\fP must be underneath \fInew_root\fP, that is, adding a non-zero number of \fI/..\fP to the string pointed to by \fIput_old\fP must yield the same directory as \fInew_root\fP. .IP \- 3 @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ See also .BR pivot_root (8) for additional usage examples. -If the current root is not a mount point (e.g. after +If the current root is not a mount point (e.g., after .BR chroot (2) or .BR pivot_root (), |