chroot

operation that changes the apparent root directory in Unix-like systems
Thing system_call Q175297
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chroot

Summary

chroot is a system call[1]. chroot ranks in the top 6% of system_call entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (347 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • chroot's video is recorded as Chroot-from-gentoo-to-ubuntu.webm[3].
  • chroot's image is recorded as Chroot-command-example.png[4].
  • chroot's instance of is recorded as system call[5].
  • chroot's instance of is recorded as command-line tool[6].
  • chroot's developer is recorded as Bill Joy[7].
  • chroot's operating system is recorded as Q11368[8].
  • chroot's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[9].
  • chroot's operating system is recorded as Plan 9[10].
  • chroot's operating system is recorded as Inferno[11].
  • chroot's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[12].
  • chroot's platform is recorded as cross-platform[13].
  • chroot's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02sm3c[14].
  • chroot's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/chroot[15].
  • chroot's used by is recorded as containerization[16].
  • chroot's Quora topic ID is recorded as Chroot[17].
  • chroot's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Chroot[18].
  • chroot's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Chroot/de[19].
  • chroot's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Chroot/tr[20].
  • chroot's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Chroot/es[21].
  • chroot's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Chroot/fr[22].
  • chroot's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Chroot/it[23].
  • chroot's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Chroot/hu[24].
  • chroot's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Chroot/pt-br[25].
  • chroot's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Chroot/sv[26].
  • chroot's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Chroot/ru[27].

Why It Matters

chroot ranks in the top 6% of system_call entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (347 views/month).[2] chroot has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . mdoc.su. mdoc.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). chroot. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/chroot
MLA “chroot.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/chroot.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_chroot_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{chroot}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/chroot}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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