r0g <aioe....@technicalbloke.com> wrote: > I'm writing a linux remastering script in python where I need to chroot > into a folder, run some system commands and then come out and do some > tidying up, un-mounting proc & sys etc. > > I got in there with os.chroot() and I tried using that to get back out > but that didn't work so... is my script trapped in there forever now or > is there an un-hacky way to escape?
No! > If it is an OS restriction rather than my ignorance of python is there a > canonical way of dealing with it? Should I maybe fork a process, have it > do the chroot and wait for it to terminate before continuing? That is the only way... However this is a solved problem if you use schroot (which works very well in my experience) http://packages.debian.org/sid/schroot http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/566 There are definitely debian, ubuntu and centos packages for it if you look! -- Nick Craig-Wood <n...@craig-wood.com> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
