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authorAlex Xu (Hello71) <alex_y_xu@yahoo.ca>2021-01-10 11:07:41 -0500
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@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ mount only affects new directory lookups. If a process has its current
directory or has files open inside the mount point, it continues to access the
original directory, not the overlaid one. Each process also has a cached root
directory pointer, which can only be modified by chroot (internally) or
-pivot_root (globally). The pivot_root(2) and pivot_root(8) man pages should be
-fully read and understood before using tmpoverlay to overmount root.
+pivot_root (globally). The pivot_root(2)_ and pivot_root(8)_ man pages should
+be fully read and understood before using tmpoverlay to overmount ``/``.
+
+.. _pivot_root(2): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/pivot_root.2.html
+.. _pivot_root(8): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/pivot_root.8.html
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