From 4496801821c01e3934996b40e0012ddcb969a8df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:43:06 +0200 Subject: doc: deduplicate extension descriptions into a new manpage iptables.8 and ip6tables.8 had pretty much the same content, with a few protocol-specific deviations here and there. Not only did that bloat the manpages, but it also made it harder to spot differences. Separate out the extension descriptions into a new manpage, which conveniently features differences next to one another (cf. REJECT). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt --- iptables/iptables-extensions.8.in | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 iptables/iptables-extensions.8.in (limited to 'iptables/iptables-extensions.8.in') diff --git a/iptables/iptables-extensions.8.in b/iptables/iptables-extensions.8.in new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e02c81fb --- /dev/null +++ b/iptables/iptables-extensions.8.in @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.TH iptables-extensions 8 "" "@PACKAGE_AND_VERSION@" "@PACKAGE_AND_VERSION@" +.SH NAME +iptables-extensions \(em list of extensions in the standard iptables distribution +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBip6tables\fP [\fB\-m\fP \fIname\fP [\fImodule-options\fP...]] +[\fB\-j\fP \fItarget-name\fP [\fItarget-options\fP...] +.PP +\fBiptables\fP [\fB\-m\fP \fIname\fP [\fImodule-options\fP...]] +[\fB\-j\fP \fItarget-name\fP [\fItarget-options\fP...] +.SH MATCH EXTENSIONS +iptables can use extended packet matching modules +with the \fB\-m\fP or \fB\-\-match\fP +options, followed by the matching module name; after these, various +extra command line options become available, depending on the specific +module. You can specify multiple extended match modules in one line, +and you can use the \fB\-h\fP or \fB\-\-help\fP +options after the module has been specified to receive help specific +to that module. +.PP +If the \fB\-p\fP or \fB\-\-protocol\fP was specified and if and only if an +unknown option is encountered, iptables will try load a match module of the +same name as the protocol, to try making the option available. +.\" @MATCH@ +.SH TARGET EXTENSIONS +iptables can use extended target modules: the following are included +in the standard distribution. +.\" @TARGET@ -- cgit v1.2.3