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authorJan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>2012-12-25 13:11:27 +0000
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2013-01-07 02:26:16 +0100
commitdb1414ece88a798ac3f8878875ec3393a917871f (patch)
tree1bbbe9c64ad894b97bc89426850651994896791c
parent85346f6e406207f85550f1b7b4f61b22a8e38fbb (diff)
doc: mention -m in the manpage
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
-rw-r--r--iptables/ip6tables.8.in7
-rw-r--r--iptables/iptables.8.in7
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/iptables/ip6tables.8.in b/iptables/ip6tables.8.in
index 078bcacd..8f04b31c 100644
--- a/iptables/ip6tables.8.in
+++ b/iptables/ip6tables.8.in
@@ -281,6 +281,13 @@ See the description of the \fB\-s\fP
(source) flag for a detailed description of the syntax. The flag
\fB\-\-dst\fP is an alias for this option.
.TP
+\fB\-m\fP, \fB\-\-match\fP \fImatch\fP
+Specifies a match to use, that is, an extension module that tests for a
+specific property. The set of matches make up the condition under which a
+target is invoked. Matches are evaluated first to last as specified on the
+command line and work in short-circuit fashion, i.e. if one extension yields
+false, evaluation will stop.
+.TP
\fB\-j\fP, \fB\-\-jump\fP \fItarget\fP
This specifies the target of the rule; i.e., what to do if the packet
matches it. The target can be a user-defined chain (other than the
diff --git a/iptables/iptables.8.in b/iptables/iptables.8.in
index d6b409d0..8d657647 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables.8.in
+++ b/iptables/iptables.8.in
@@ -277,6 +277,13 @@ See the description of the \fB\-s\fP
(source) flag for a detailed description of the syntax. The flag
\fB\-\-dst\fP is an alias for this option.
.TP
+\fB\-m\fP, \fB\-\-match\fP \fImatch\fP
+Specifies a match to use, that is, an extension module that tests for a
+specific property. The set of matches make up the condition under which a
+target is invoked. Matches are evaluated first to last as specified on the
+command line and work in short-circuit fashion, i.e. if one extension yields
+false, evaluation will stop.
+.TP
\fB\-j\fP, \fB\-\-jump\fP \fItarget\fP
This specifies the target of the rule; i.e., what to do if the packet
matches it. The target can be a user-defined chain (other than the