NAME

       iptables-restore — Restore IP Tables

       ip6tables-restore — Restore IPv6 Tables

SYNOPSIS

       iptables-restore [-chntv] [-M modprobe] [-T name] [file]

       ip6tables-restore [-chntv] [-M modprobe] [-T name] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       iptables-restore  and  ip6tables-restore  are  used  to restore IP and IPv6 Tables from data specified on
       STDIN or in file. Use I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file or specify  file  as  an
       argument.

       -c, --counters
              restore the values of all packet and byte counters

       -h, --help
              Print a short option summary.

       -n, --noflush
              don't flush the previous contents of the table. If not specified, both commands flush (delete) all
              previous contents of the respective table.

       -t, --test
              Only parse and construct the ruleset, but do not commit it.

       -v, --verbose
              Print additional debug info during ruleset processing.

       -M, --modprobe modprobe_program
              Specify  the  path  to  the  modprobe  program.  By   default,   iptables-restore   will   inspect
              /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable's path.

       -T, --table name
              Restore only the named table even if the input stream contains other ones.

BUGS

       None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release

AUTHORS

       Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> wrote iptables-restore based on code from Rusty Russell.
       Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-restore.

SEE ALSO

       iptables-apply(8),iptables-save(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.