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author | Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> | 2018-07-05 20:53:17 +0200 |
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committer | Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> | 2018-07-05 20:53:34 +0200 |
commit | 7b66fc22aca000440fd6d6fbce7ff35811edea5e (patch) | |
tree | cee61ea15cd307ed13428f187ab7124aeb0717a9 /iptables/xtables-translate.8 | |
parent | f7fec51277e4172d7d05db60e29b4c6cc9746c90 (diff) |
man: clarify translate tools do not modify any state
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'iptables/xtables-translate.8')
-rw-r--r-- | iptables/xtables-translate.8 | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/iptables/xtables-translate.8 b/iptables/xtables-translate.8 index 1968239b..c40f9f02 100644 --- a/iptables/xtables-translate.8 +++ b/iptables/xtables-translate.8 @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ output the native \fBnftables(8)\fP syntax. The \fBiptables-restore-translate\fP tool reads a ruleset in the syntax produced by \fBiptables-save(8)\fP. Likewise, the \fBip6tables-restore-translate\fP tool reads one produced by -\fBip6tables-save(8)\fP. +\fBip6tables-save(8)\fP. No ruleset modifications occur, these tools are +text converters only. The \fBiptables-translate\fP reads a command line as if it was entered to \fBiptables(8)\fP, and \fBip6tables-translate\fP reads a command like as if it |