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Name

       xt_geoip_build — convert GeoIP.csv to packed format for xt_geoip

Syntax

       /usr/libexec/xt_geoip/xt_geoip_build [-D target_dir] [file...]

Description

       xt_geoip_build is used to build packed raw representations of the range database that the xt_geoip module
       relies on. Since kernel memory is precious, much of the preprocessing is done in userspace by  this  very
       building  tool. One file is produced for each country, so that no more addresses than needed are required
       to be loaded into memory. The ranges in the packed database files are also ordered, as xt_geoip relies on
       this property for its bisection approach to work.

       Input is processed from the listed files, or if none is given, from stdin.

       Since  the script is usually installed to the libexec directory of the xtables-addons package and this is
       outside $PATH (on purpose), invoking the script requires it to be called with a path.

       -D target_dir
              Specify a target directory into which the files are to be put.

Application

       Shell commands to build the databases and put them to where they are expected:

       xt_geoip_build -D /usr/share/xt_geoip

See also

       xt_geoip_dl(1)