# iptables-restore

## NAME



           iptables-restore — Restore IP Tables
    
           ip6tables-restore — Restore IPv6 Tables
    


## SYNOPSIS



           **iptables-restore**[**-chntvV**] [**-w** _seconds_] [**-M** _modprobe_] [**-T** _name_]
           [_file_]
    
           **ip6tables-restore**[**-chntvV**] [**-w** _seconds_] [**-M** _modprobe_] [**-T** _name_]
           [_file_]
    


## DESCRIPTION



           **iptables-restore** and **ip6tables-restore** are used to restore IP and
           IPv6 Tables from data specified on STDIN or in _file_. Use I/O
           redirection provided by your shell to read from a file or specify
           _file_ as an argument.
    
           **-c** , **--counters**
                  Restore the values of all packet and byte counters.
    
           **-h** , **--help**
                  Print a short option summary.
    
           **-n** , **--noflush**
                  Don't flush the previous contents of the table. If not
                  specified, both commands flush (delete) all previous
                  contents of the respective table.
    
           **-t** , **--test**
                  Only parse and construct the ruleset, but do not commit it.
    
           **-v** , **--verbose**
                  Print additional debug info during ruleset processing.
                  Specify multiple times to increase debug level.
    
           **-V** , **--version**
                  Print the program version number.
    
           **-w** , **--wait**[_seconds_]
                  Wait for the xtables lock.  To prevent multiple instances
                  of the program from running concurrently, an attempt will
                  be made to obtain an exclusive lock at launch.  By default,
                  the program will exit if the lock cannot be obtained.  This
                  option will make the program wait (indefinitely or for
                  optional _seconds_) until the exclusive lock can be obtained.
    
           **-M** , **--modprobe** _modprobe_
                  Specify the path to the modprobe(8) program. By default,
                  iptables-restore will inspect _/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe_ to
                  determine the executable's path.
    
           **-T** , **--table** _name_
                  Restore only the named table even if the input stream
                  contains other ones.
    
           **--compat**(nft-variants only)
                  When creating a rule, attach compatibility data to the
                  rule's userdata section for use as aid in parsing the rule
                  by an older version of the program. The old version
                  obviously needs to support this, though.  Specifying this
                  option a second time instructs the program to default to
                  the rule's compatibility data when parsing, which is mostly
                  useful for debugging or testing purposes.
    
                  The **XTABLES_COMPAT** environment variable can be used to
                  override the default setting. The expected value is a
                  natural number representing the number of times **--compat**
                  was specified.
    


## BUGS



           None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
    


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