.TH IP6TABLES-SAVE 8 "Jan 30, 2002" "" ""
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.SH NAME
ip6tables-save \(em dump iptables rules to stdout
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBip6tables\-save\fP [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP] [\fB\-c\fP]
[\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.B ip6tables-save
is used to dump the contents of an IPv6 Table in easily parseable format
to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirection provided by your shell to write to a file.
.TP
\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe_program\fP
Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-save will
inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable's path.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-counters\fR
include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR \fItablename\fP
restrict output to only one table. If not specified, output includes all
available tables.
.SH BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
.SH AUTHORS
Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
.br
Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu>
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBip6tables\-restore\fP(8), \fBip6tables\fP(8)
.PP
The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO,
which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the
internals.