From de02a753e72a9f84c47eeb296954f653a31b63ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 01:02:48 +0200 Subject: doc: fix some spellos and the dash escape Commands, options, filenames, and possibly references to other manpages, should always use the minus. (Important for copy-n-paste and e.g. following manpage links.) Everything else can do with the dash. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal --- iptables/xtables-legacy.8 | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'iptables/xtables-legacy.8') diff --git a/iptables/xtables-legacy.8 b/iptables/xtables-legacy.8 index eb075e2c..5b4ab32a 100644 --- a/iptables/xtables-legacy.8 +++ b/iptables/xtables-legacy.8 @@ -25,29 +25,29 @@ .TH XTABLES-LEGACY 8 "June 2018" .SH NAME -xtables-legacy \- iptables using old getsockopt/setsockopt based kernel api +xtables-legacy \(em iptables using old getsockopt/setsockopt-based kernel api .SH DESCRIPTION \fBxtables-legacy\fP are the original versions of iptables that use -old getsockopt/setsockopt based kernel interface. +old getsockopt/setsockopt-based kernel interface. This kernel interface has some limitations, therefore iptables can also be used with the newer nf_tables based API. See -.B xtables-nft(8) +.B xtables\-nft(8) for information about the xtables-nft variants of iptables. .SH USAGE The xtables-legacy-multi binary can be linked to the traditional names: .nf - /sbin/iptables \-> /sbin/iptables-legacy-multi - /sbin/ip6tables \-> /sbin/ip6tables-legacy-mulit - /sbin/iptables-save \-> /sbin/ip6tables-legacy-mulit - /sbin/iptables-restore \-> /sbin/ip6tables-legacy-mulit + /sbin/iptables -> /sbin/iptables\-legacy\-multi + /sbin/ip6tables -> /sbin/ip6tables\-legacy\-multi + /sbin/iptables\-save -> /sbin/ip6tables\-legacy\-multi + /sbin/iptables\-restore -> /sbin/ip6tables\-legacy\-multi .fi -The iptables version string will indicate if the legacy API (get/setsockopt) or -the new nf_tables api is used: +The iptables version string will indicate whether the legacy API (get/setsockopt) or +the new nf_tables API is used: .nf iptables \-V iptables v1.7 (legacy) @@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ updates might be lost. This can be worked around partially with the \-\-wait op There is also no method to monitor changes to the ruleset, except periodically calling iptables-legacy-save and checking for any differences in output. -.B xtables-monitor(8) +.B xtables\-monitor(8) will need the -.B xtables-nft(8) +.B xtables\-nft(8) versions to work, it cannot display changes made using the. .B iptables-legacy tools. -- cgit v1.2.3