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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2018-07-03 17:37:03 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2018-07-07 20:53:11 +0200
commit25d7a3d08fe5236029a7a883f97b5583fecdd976 (patch)
treebf197becfb12cd8996ff6e87b77737cc446383cb /doc/nft.xml
parentb0f6a45b25dd1b8e4ab0e3b2dd2a00d918ae29c0 (diff)
doc: update manpage to document --literal option
This patch describe the new --literal option. Remove documentation on -N to prepare it for deprecation. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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diff --git a/doc/nft.xml b/doc/nft.xml
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@@ -114,18 +114,22 @@ vi:ts=4 sw=4
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>-N, --reversedns</option></term>
+ <term><option>-s, --stateless</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Translate IP addresses to names. Usually requires network traffic for DNS lookup.
+ Omit stateful information of rules and stateful objects.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>-s, --stateless</option></term>
+ <term><option>-l, --literal</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Omit stateful information of rules and stateful objects.
+ Translate numeric to literal. When used once (the default behaviour),
+ print services (instead of numerical port numbers). Use twice to
+ perform the IP address to name lookup, this usually requires network
+ traffic for DNS lookup that slows down the ruleset listing.
+
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>