-.TH IPTABLES-RESTORE 8 "Jan 04, 2001" "" ""
+.TH IPTABLES-RESTORE 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-restore \(em Restore IP Tables
+.P
+ip6tables-restore \(em Restore IPv6 Tables
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBiptables\-restore\fP [\fB\-chntv\fP] [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP]
+.P
+\fBip6tables\-restore\fP [\fB\-chntv\fP] [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP]
[\fB\-T\fP \fIname\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.B iptables-restore
-is used to restore IP Tables from data specified on STDIN. Use
+and
+.B ip6tables-restore
+are used to restore IP and IPv6 Tables from data specified on STDIN. Use
I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-counters\fR
\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
Print a short option summary.
.TP
-\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-noflush\fR
-don't flush the previous contents of the table. If not specified,
-.B iptables-restore
-flushes (deletes) all previous contents of the respective table.
+\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-noflush\fR
+don't flush the previous contents of the table. If not specified,
+both commands flush (delete) all previous contents of the respective table.
.TP
\fB\-t\fP, \fB\-\-test\fP
Only parse and construct the ruleset, but do not commit it.
Restore only the named table even if the input stream contains other ones.
.SH BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
-.SH AUTHOR
-Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+.SH AUTHORS
+Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> wrote iptables-restore based on code
+from Rusty Russell.
+.br
+Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-restore.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBiptables\-save\fP(8), \fBiptables\fP(8)
.PP