linux man page for iptables-save

IPTABLES-SAVE(8)														  IPTABLES-SAVE(8)

NAME
       iptables-save -- dump iptables rules to stdout

SYNOPSIS
       iptables-save [-M modprobe] [-c] [-t table]

DESCRIPTION
       iptables-save  is used to dump the contents of an IP Table in easily parseable format to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirection provided by your shell
       to write to a file.

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

       -c, --counters
	      include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output

       -t, --table tablename
	      restrict output to only one table. If not specified, output includes all available tables.

BUGS
       None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release

AUTHOR
       Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>

SEE ALSO
       iptables-restore(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-SAVE(8)