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.