NAME

       iptables-restore — Restore IP Tables

       ip6tables-restore — Restore IPv6 Tables

SYNOPSIS

       iptables-restore [-chntvV] [-w seconds] [-M modprobe] [-T name] [file]

       ip6tables-restore [-chntvV] [-w seconds] [-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.  Specify multiple times to  increase  debug
              level.

       -V, --version
              Print the program version number.

       -w, --wait [seconds]
              Wait  for  the  xtables  lock.   To  prevent  multiple  instances  of  the  program  from  running
              concurrently, an attempt will be made to obtain an exclusive lock  at  launch.   By  default,  the
              program  will  exit  if  the  lock  cannot  be  obtained.   This option will make the program wait
              (indefinitely or for optional seconds) until the exclusive lock can be obtained.

       -M, --modprobe modprobe
              Specify  the  path  to  the  modprobe(8)  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.