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diff --git a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in index 29ef2829..65c1f28c 100644 --- a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in +++ b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in @@ -36,23 +36,27 @@ and are used to dump the contents of IP or IPv6 Table in easily parseable format either to STDOUT or to a specified file. .TP -\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-modprobe\fR \fImodprobe_program\fP -Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-save will -inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable's path. +\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-modprobe\fR \fImodprobe\fP +Specify the path to the modprobe(8) program. By default, +iptables-save will inspect \fI/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe\fP to determine +the executable's path. .TP \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR \fIfilename\fP Specify a filename to log the output to. If not specified, iptables-save will log to STDOUT. .TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-counters\fR -include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output +Include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output. .TP \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR \fItablename\fP -restrict output to only one table. If the kernel is configured with automatic +Restrict output to only one table. If the kernel is configured with automatic module loading, an attempt will be made to load the appropriate module for that table if it is not already there. .br -If not specified, output includes all available tables. +If not specified, output includes all available tables. No module loading takes +place, so in order to include a specific table in the output, the respective +module (something like \fBiptable_mangle\fP or \fBip6table_raw\fP) must be +loaded first. .SH BUGS None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release .SH AUTHORS @@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> .br Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-save. .SH SEE ALSO -\fBiptables\-restore\fP(8), \fBiptables\fP(8) +\fBiptables\-apply\fP(8), \fBiptables\-restore\fP(8), \fBiptables\fP(8) .PP The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO, which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the |