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  1. .\" Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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  2. .TH SWITCH_ROOT 8 "June 2009" "Linux"
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  3. .SH NAME
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  4. switch_root \- switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree.
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  5. .SH SYNOPSIS
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  6. .B switch_root
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  7. .RB [ \-hV ]
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  8. .LP
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  9. .B switch_root
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  10. .I newroot
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  11. .I init
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  12. .RI [ arg ...]
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  13. .SH DESCRIPTION
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  14. .B switch_root
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  15. moves already mounted /proc, /dev and /sys to
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  16. .I newroot
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  17. and makes
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  18. .I newroot
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  19. the new root filesystem and starts
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  20. .I init
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  21. process.
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  23. .B WARNING: switch_root removes recursively all files and directories on the current root filesystem.
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  25. .SH OPTIONS
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  26. .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
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  27. show help and exit
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  28. .IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
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  29. show version number and exit
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  31. .SH RETURN VALUE
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  32. .B switch_root
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  33. returns 0 on success and 1 on failure.
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  35. .SH "SEE ALSO"
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  36. .BR mount (8)
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  37. .BR chroot (2)
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  38. .BR init (8)
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  39. .BR mkinitrd (8)
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  40. .SH AUTHORS
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  41. .nf
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  42. Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
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  43. Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com>
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  44. Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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  45. .fi
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  46. .SH AVAILABILITY
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  47. The switch_root command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from
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  48. ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
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