linux man page for iptables-restore

IPTABLES-RESTORE(8)													       IPTABLES-RESTORE(8)

NAME
       iptables-restore -- Restore IP Tables

SYNOPSIS
       iptables-restore [-c] [-n]

DESCRIPTION
       iptables-restore is used to restore IP Tables from data specified on STDIN. Use I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file

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

       -n, --noflush
	      don't  flush  the  previous contents of the table. If not specified, iptables-restore flushes (deletes) all previous contents of the
	      respective IP Table.

BUGS
       None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release

AUTHOR
       Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>

SEE ALSO
       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.

								   Jan 04, 2001 					       IPTABLES-RESTORE(8)