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+.\" Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+.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@redhat.com>
+Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com>
+Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+.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/.