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FILTERGEN(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      FILTERGEN(8)

NAME

       filtergen - packet filter compiler

SYNOPSIS

       filtergen [ -h | --help ] [ -V | --version ] [ -c | --compile ] [ -t target | --target=target ] [ -o outfile | --output=outfile ] infile

       filtergen [ -h | --help ] [ -V | --version ] [ -c | --compile ] [ -t target | --target=target ] [ -o outfile | --output=outfile ] [ -F pol-
       icy | --flush=policy ]

DESCRIPTION

       filtergen compiles a high-level filtering description language into a variety of target formats.

USAGE

       filtergen reads the ruleset from the infile specified on the command line (or standard input if infile is "-") and outputs to standard out-
       put (or outfile) via an optionally specified backend.

       Both short and GNU-style long option options are accepted:

       -c, --compile
	      Only  try  to  "compile"	the  input,  and do not generate any output.  This may be useful to check that an input file has no syntax
	      errors in it before one attempts to use the result on a live server.

       -t target-filter, --target=target-filter
	      If specified, target-filter will be used to select an output filter type, otherwise the default of iptables will be used.  Supported
	      backends are iptables, ipchains, ipfilter and cisco (for Cisco IOS access-lists).

       -F policy, --flush=policy
	      Flush mode.  Generate a set of rules for clearing all rules from the packet filter.  Useful for firewall scripts that need to `shut-
	      down' the firewall.  You can supply a policy argument in place of the usual filename, to specify whether the flushed  filter  should
	      default  to  accept,  reject, or drop.  It defaults to accept, equivalent to having no filter loaded at all.  It is not necessary to
	      specify an infile when using flush mode.

       -o outfile, --output=outfile
	      Write output to outfile instead of standard output.

       -h, --help
	      Show command help.

       -V, --version
	      Show program version.

BUGS

       Not all backends implement all features.

       The packet filter is not optimised.

SEE ALSO

       fgadm(8), filter_syntax(5), filter_backends(7)

AUTHOR

       filtergen was originally written by Matthew Kirkwood.  Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@spacepants.org> then rewrote a lot of the internals, added some
       features, and took on maintenance of the project.

								  January 7, 2004						      FILTERGEN(8)

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NAME

       vselect - select objects from a Vista data file

SYNOPSIS

       vselect [-option ...] [infile] [outfile]

DESCRIPTION

       vselect copies selected objects from an input file to an output file.

       Command	line  options specify which objects are to be copied. Objects may be selected by type (e.g., all images), by name, by the value of
       some attribute, or by position within the input file.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

       vselect accepts the following options:

       -help	      Prints a message describing options.

       -in	      Specifies a Vista data file from which objects are to be selected.

       -out	      Specifies where to write the selected objects as a Vista data file.

       The input and output files can be specified on the command line or allowed to default to the standard input and output streams.

       In addition, exactly one of the following options must be used to specify the objects to be selected:

       -object i      Select the ith object. Objects in the input file are numbered consecutively from 0.

       -name name     Select any object whose attribute name is name.

       -type type     Select any object whose type is type.

       -attr name value
		      Select any object having an attribute with the specified name and value.

       Finally, any of these selection criteria can be inverted:

       -not	      Reverses the sense of the selection criterion.

EXAMPLES

       To select the first object from a file:

	      vselect -object 0 < infile > outfile

       To select the attribute named ``cantaloupe'' from a file:

	      vselect -name cantaloupe < infile > outfile

       To select everything but images from a file:

	      vselect -type image -not < infile > outfile

       To select images with ubyte pixels from a file of images:

	      vselect -attr nbands ubyte < infile > outfile

AUTHOR

       Art Pope <pope@cs.ubc.ca>

Vista Version 1.12						   24 April 1993						      vselect(1Vi)
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