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 redi-
       rection 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  Ta-
              ble.

BUGS
       None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release

AUTHOR
       Harald Welte <>

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)