Reference: chroot (Perl in a Nutshell)

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chroot

chroot dirname

Changes the root directory for the current process to dirname - the starting point for pathnames beginning with "/". This directory is inherited across exec calls and by all subprocesses. There is no way to undo a chroot. Only the superuser can use this function.


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