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authorPeter Breitenlohner2009-07-22 11:29:04 +0200
committerKarel Zak2009-08-17 12:11:06 +0200
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pivot_root.8: formatting
Signed-off-by: Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>
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diff --git a/sys-utils/pivot_root.8 b/sys-utils/pivot_root.8
index 92b12555d..d982813f6 100644
--- a/sys-utils/pivot_root.8
+++ b/sys-utils/pivot_root.8
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
pivot_root \- change the root file system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pivot_root
-.RB \fInew_root\fP
-.RB \fIput_old\fP
+.I new_root put_old
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBpivot_root\fP moves the root file system of the current process to the
directory \fIput_old\fP and makes \fInew_root\fP the new root file system.
-Since \fBpivot_root(8)\fP simply calls \fBpivot_root(2)\fP, we refer to
+Since \fBpivot_root\fP(8) simply calls \fBpivot_root\fP(2), we refer to
the man page of the latter for further details.
Note that, depending on the implementation of \fBpivot_root\fP, root and
@@ -59,10 +58,10 @@ exec chroot . sh -c 'umount /old_root; exec /sbin/init' \\
<dev/console >dev/console 2>&1
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR chroot(1),
-.BR mount(8),
-.BR pivot_root(2),
-.BR umount(8)
+.BR chroot (1),
+.BR mount (8),
+.BR pivot_root (2),
+.BR umount (8)
.SH AVAILABILITY
The pivot_root command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.