From 9455df2524449f7c3559e59ab782e6c81fcbb73c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bart De Schuymer Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 17:16:58 +0000 Subject: mention negative rule numbers --- userspace/ebtables2/ebtables.8 | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/userspace/ebtables2/ebtables.8 b/userspace/ebtables2/ebtables.8 index 4c8a969..06b8089 100644 --- a/userspace/ebtables2/ebtables.8 +++ b/userspace/ebtables2/ebtables.8 @@ -171,12 +171,17 @@ Append a rule to the end of the selected chain. .B "-D, --delete" Delete the specified rule from the selected chain. There are two ways to use this command. The first is by specifying an interval of rule numbers -to delete, syntax: start_nr[:end_nr]. The second usage is by specifying -the complete rule as it would have been specified when it was added. +to delete, syntax: start_nr[:end_nr]. Using negative numbers is allowed, for more +details about using negative numbers, see the -I command. The second usage is by +specifying the complete rule as it would have been specified when it was added. .TP .B "-I, --insert" Insert the specified rule into the selected chain at the specified rule number. -The number one, 1, means the head of the chain. +If the current number of rules equals N, then the specified number can be +between -N and N+1. For a positive number i, it holds that i and i-N-1 specify the +same place in the chain where the rule should be inserted. The number 0 specifies +the place past the last rule in the chain and using this number is therefore +equivalent with using the -A command. .TP .B "-P, --policy" Set the policy for the chain to the given target. The policy can be -- cgit v1.2.3