1 .TH IPTABLES-SAVE 8 "" "iptables 1.4.21" "iptables 1.4.21"
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22 iptables-save \(em dump iptables rules to stdout
24 ip6tables-save \(em dump iptables rules to stdout
26 \fBiptables\-save\fP [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP] [\fB\-c\fP]
27 [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP]
29 \fBip6tables\-save\fP [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP] [\fB\-c\fP]
30 [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP
36 are used to dump the contents of IP or IPv6 Table in easily parseable format
37 to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirection provided by your shell to write to a file.
39 \fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe_program\fP
40 Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-save will
41 inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable's path.
43 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-counters\fR
44 include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output
46 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR \fItablename\fP
47 restrict output to only one table. If not specified, output includes all
50 None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
52 Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
54 Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
56 Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-save.
58 \fBiptables\-restore\fP(8), \fBiptables\fP(8)
60 The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO,
61 which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the