/proc/<pid>/root is a link for the root filesystem. This link helps when using chroot. ________________________________ From: Arun M Kumar <arunkr.linux@gmail.com> To: Kernel Newbies Mailing List <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 8:03 PM Subject: Significance of " /proc/<pid>/root" What is the significance of the directory named root inside /proc/<pid> ? ex: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- arunkumar@arun-ThinkPad-Edge-E530:/proc/2543/root$ ls bin  cdrom  etc  initrd.img      lib        media  opt  root sbin    srv  tmp  var      vmlinuz.old boot  dev    home  initrd.img.old  lost+found  mnt    proc  run selinux  sys  usr  vmlinuz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies