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.TH IPTABLES-RESTORE 8 "Jan 04, 2001" "" ""
.\"
.\" Man page written by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
.\" It is based on the iptables man page.
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.SH NAME
iptables-restore \(em Restore IP Tables
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBiptables\-restore\fP [\fB\-c\fP] [\fB\-n\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.B iptables-restore
is used to restore IP Tables from data specified on STDIN. Use 
I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-counters\fR
restore the values of all packet and byte counters
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-noflush\fR 
don't flush the previous contents of the table. If not specified, 
.B iptables-restore
flushes (deletes) all previous contents of the respective IP Table.
.SH BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
.SH AUTHOR
Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBiptables\-save\fP(8), \fBiptables\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.