Acked-by: Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> --- sys-utils/Makefile.am | 1 + sys-utils/switch_root.8 | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 sys-utils/switch_root.8 diff --git a/sys-utils/Makefile.am b/sys-utils/Makefile.am index 6700677..27f85b8 100644 --- a/sys-utils/Makefile.am +++ b/sys-utils/Makefile.am @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ endif if BUILD_SWITCH_ROOT sbin_PROGRAMS += switch_root +dist_man_MANS += switch_root.8 endif if BUILD_ARCH diff --git a/sys-utils/switch_root.8 b/sys-utils/switch_root.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea175b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-utils/switch_root.8 @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +.\" Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> +.TH SWITCH_ROOT 8 "June 2009" "Linux" +.SH NAME +switch_root \- switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B switch_root +.RB [\-hV] +.LP +.B switch_root +.I newroot +.I init +.RB [ \fIarg\fP +.RB ...] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B switch_root +moves already mounted /proc, /dev and /sys to +.I newroot +and makes +.I newroot +the new root filesystem and starts +.I init +process. + +.B WARNING: switch_root removes recursively all files and directories on the current root filesystem. + +.SH OPTIONS +.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP" +show help and exit +.IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP" +show version number and exit + +.SH RETURN VALUE +.B switch_root +returns 0 on success and 1 on failure. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR mount (8) +.BR chroot (2) +.BR init (8) +.BR mkinitrd (8) +.SH AUTHORS +.nf +Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx> +Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx> +Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> +.fi +.SH AVAILABILITY +The switch_root command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from +ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. -- 1.6.2.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
