-.TH IPTABLES-SAVE 8 "Jan 04, 2001" "" ""
+.TH IPTABLES-SAVE 8 "" "iptables 1.4.21" "iptables 1.4.21"
.\"
.\" Man page written by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
.\" It is based on the iptables man page.
.\"
.\"
.SH NAME
-iptables-save \- Save IP Tables
+iptables-save \(em dump iptables rules to stdout
+.P
+ip6tables-save \(em dump iptables rules to stdout
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR "iptables-save " "[-c] [-t table]"
-.br
+\fBiptables\-save\fP [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP] [\fB\-c\fP]
+[\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP]
+.P
+\fBip6tables\-save\fP [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP] [\fB\-c\fP]
+[\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.B iptables-save
-is used to dump the contents of an IP Table in easily parseable format
+and
+.B ip6tables-save
+are used to dump the contents of IP or IPv6 Table in easily parseable format
to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirection provided by your shell to write to a file.
.TP
+\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe_program\fP
+Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-save will
+inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable's path.
+.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-counters\fR
include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output
.TP
-\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR \fBtablename\fR
-.TP
+\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR \fItablename\fP
restrict output to only one table. If not specified, output includes all
available tables.
.SH BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
-.SH AUTHOR
+.SH AUTHORS
Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+.br
+Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
+.br
+Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-save.
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR iptables-restore "(8), " iptables "(8) "
+\fBiptables\-restore\fP(8), \fBiptables\fP(8)
.PP
The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO,
which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the
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