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authorBart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>2005-01-25 21:15:59 +0000
committerBart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>2005-01-25 21:15:59 +0000
commitb5917d85676bca4d8f6990d66a0bf71b6055d536 (patch)
tree67d20150cbcc1b4962407c00cf1940b3f4863908 /ebtables.8
parent32ef547735fddb24c749fba12afc6ab9cafd4dc5 (diff)
add -c option
Diffstat (limited to 'ebtables.8')
-rw-r--r--ebtables.817
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/ebtables.8 b/ebtables.8
index 1dc8cd5..7d8671f 100644
--- a/ebtables.8
+++ b/ebtables.8
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ebtables (v.2.0.7), ebtablesd, ebtablesu \- Ethernet bridge frame table administ
.br
.BR "ebtables " [ -t " table ] " -Z " [chain]"
.br
-.BR "ebtables " [ -t " table ] " -L " [" -Z "] [chain] [ [ [" --Ln "] [" --Lc "] ] | [" --Lx "] ] [" --Lmac2 ]
+.BR "ebtables " [ -t " table ] " -L " [" -Z "] [chain] [ [" --Ln "] | [" --Lx "] ] [" --Lc "] [" --Lmac2 ]
.br
.BR "ebtables " [ -t " table ] " -N " chain [" "-P ACCEPT " | " DROP " | " RETURN" ]
.br
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ command.
.br
.B "--Ln"
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-Places the rule number in front of every rule.
+Places the rule number in front of every rule. This option is incompatible with the
+.BR --Lx " option."
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.B "--Lc"
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@@ -307,7 +308,9 @@ Shows the counters at the end of each rule displayed by the
.B "-L"
command. Both a frame counter (pcnt) and a byte counter (bcnt) are displayed.
The frame counter shows how many frames have matched the specific rule, the byte
-counter shows the sum of the frame sizes of these matching frames.
+counter shows the sum of the frame sizes of these matching frames. Using this option
+.BR "" "in combination with the " --Lx " option causes the counters to be written out"
+.BR "" "in the '" -c " <pcnt> <bcnt>' option format."
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.B "--Lx"
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@@ -319,11 +322,11 @@ You can use this set of commands in an ebtables boot or reload
script. For example the output could be used at system startup.
The
.B "--Lx"
-option is incompatible with both the
+option is incompatible with the
.B "--Ln"
-and
-.B "--Lc"
-listing options.
+listing option. Using the
+.BR --Lx " option together with the " --Lc " option will cause the counters to be written out"
+.BR "" "in the '" -c " <pcnt> <bcnt>' option format."
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.B "--Lmac2"
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