<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><br></span></div><br> /proc/<pid>/root is a link for the root filesystem. This link helps when using chroot.<br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Arun M Kumar <arunkr.linux@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Kernel Newbies Mailing List <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 15, 2013 8:03 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Significance of " /proc/<pid>/root"<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>What is the
significance of the directory named root inside /proc/<pid> ?<br><br>ex:<br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><a ymailto="mailto:arunkumar@arun-ThinkPad-Edge-E530" href="mailto:arunkumar@arun-ThinkPad-Edge-E530">arunkumar@arun-ThinkPad-Edge-E530</a>:/proc/2543/root$ ls<br><br>bin cdrom etc initrd.img lib media opt root <br>sbin srv tmp var vmlinuz.old<br>boot dev home initrd.img.old lost+found mnt proc run selinux <br>sys usr vmlinuz<br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Kernelnewbies mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org"
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