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| author | 2018-08-28 19:55:01 -0400 | |
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| committer | 2018-08-28 19:55:01 -0400 | |
| commit | 9729ee4cc92e67fd41509505f90f2487236689f7 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f73a619018c6ce302a563c1b67e63769fdfc0bb /debian/arch-chroot.adoc | |
| parent | 1f2387b88802d6eef8e69c3daf67d625a8a052f5 (diff) | |
d/arch-chroot.adoc, d/control, d/genfstab.adoc, d/manpages, d/rules: Write manpages for the scripts and use asciidoctor to generate final output.
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diff --git a/debian/arch-chroot.adoc b/debian/arch-chroot.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..61ecdbb --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/arch-chroot.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +arch-chroot(1) +============== +:doctype: manpage + +NAME +---- +arch-chroot - script to mount API filesystems like /proc and make /etc/resolv.conf available in a chroot + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +*arch-chroot* ['option'] 'chroot-dir' ['command'] + + +OPTIONS +------- +*-h*:: + Print the help message + +*-u* '<user>[:group]':: + Specify non-root user and optional group to use + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Before *arch-chroot* runs */usr/bin/chroot*, the script mounts API filesystems +like '/proc' and makes '/etc/resolv.conf' available in a chroot. + +The Debian version of this script also sets up '/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d' to +disable autostart of daemons. + +If 'command' is unspecified, arch-chroot will launch */bin/bash*. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- +=== Enter a chroot === + +Run arch-chroot with the new root directory as first argument: + +``` +arch-chroot /location/of/new/root +``` + +To exit the chroot simply use: + +``` +exit +``` + +=== Run a single command and exit === + +To run a command in the chroot and exit again, append the command to the end of the line: + +``` +arch-chroot /location/of/new/root command +``` + +For example, to run *dpkg-configure -a* for a chroot located at '/media/testing' do: + +``` +arch-chroot /media/testing dpkg-configure -a +``` |
