Here is the --set-counters syntax patch requested earlier today making --set-counters (-c) accept comma separated counts. -c packets,bytes I have not updated the manpage to reflect this alternate syntax for the --set-counters (-c) option. Regards Henrik
Index: iptables/ip6tables.c =================================================================== --- iptables.orig/ip6tables.c +++ iptables/ip6tables.c @@ -1754,26 +1754,28 @@ int do_command6(int argc, char *argv[], set_option(&options, OPT_COUNTERS, &fw.ipv6.invflags, invert); pcnt = optarg; - if (optind < argc && argv[optind][0] != '-' + bcnt = strchr(pcnt + 1, ','); + if (bcnt) + bcnt++; + if (!bcnt && optind < argc && argv[optind][0] != '-' && argv[optind][0] != '!') bcnt = argv[optind++]; - else + if (!bcnt) exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "-%c requires packet and byte counter", opt2char(OPT_COUNTERS)); - if (sscanf(pcnt, "%llu", (unsigned long long *)&cnt) != 1) + if (sscanf(pcnt, "%llu", &cnt) != 1) exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "-%c packet counter not numeric", opt2char(OPT_COUNTERS)); fw.counters.pcnt = cnt; - if (sscanf(bcnt, "%llu", (unsigned long long *)&cnt) != 1) + if (sscanf(bcnt, "%llu", &cnt) != 1) exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "-%c byte counter not numeric", opt2char(OPT_COUNTERS)); fw.counters.bcnt = cnt; - break; case 1: /* non option */ Index: iptables/iptables.c =================================================================== --- iptables.orig/iptables.c +++ iptables/iptables.c @@ -1794,21 +1794,24 @@ int do_command(int argc, char *argv[], c set_option(&options, OPT_COUNTERS, &fw.ip.invflags, invert); pcnt = optarg; - if (optind < argc && argv[optind][0] != '-' + bcnt = strchr(pcnt + 1, ','); + if (bcnt) + bcnt++; + if (!bcnt && optind < argc && argv[optind][0] != '-' && argv[optind][0] != '!') bcnt = argv[optind++]; - else + if (!bcnt) exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "-%c requires packet and byte counter", opt2char(OPT_COUNTERS)); - if (sscanf(pcnt, "%llu", (unsigned long long *)&cnt) != 1) + if (sscanf(pcnt, "%llu", &cnt) != 1) exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "-%c packet counter not numeric", opt2char(OPT_COUNTERS)); fw.counters.pcnt = cnt; - if (sscanf(bcnt, "%llu", (unsigned long long *)&cnt) != 1) + if (sscanf(bcnt, "%llu", &cnt) != 1) exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "-%c byte counter not numeric", opt2char(OPT_COUNTERS));
