Expected bahaviour of os.chroot and os.getcwd

r0g aioe.org at technicalbloke.com
Tue Sep 14 09:11:31 EDT 2010


On 14/09/10 11:19, Nobody wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:04:53 +0100, r0g wrote:
>
>> i.e. So do I always have to change directory after changing into a chroot?
>
> You don't *have* to change the directory, but not doing so probably
> defeats the point of performing a chroot().
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Thanks for the info 'Nobody', that was really clear and helpful :) It's 
kinda obvious once it's pointed out I suppose, the docs for the os 
module are primarily the os's own docs, should have thought to check the 
manpages eh, duh!

Thanks very much for getting back to me,

Roger.



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