IPTABLES-SAVE
Section: (8)
Updated: Jan 04, 2001
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NAME
iptables-save --- dump iptables rules to stdout
SYNOPSIS
iptables-save [-M modprobe] [-c]
[-t table]
DESCRIPTION
iptables-save
is used to dump the contents of an IP Table in easily parseable format
to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirection provided by your shell to write to a file.
- -M modprobe_program
-
Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-save will
inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable's path.
- -c, --counters
-
include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output
- -t, --table tablename
-
restrict output to only one table. If not specified, output includes all
available tables.
BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
AUTHOR
Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
SEE ALSO
iptables-restore(8), iptables(8)
The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO,
which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the
internals.