On Friday 2009-02-20 16:12, Ralf wrote:
> man iptables of v1.4.2 gives these 2 different syntaxes
> for example for the -I option:
> iptables [-t table] -I [rulenum] rule-specification [options...]
>
> iptables [-t table] -I chain [rulenum] rule-specification
>
>
> And iptables --help gives these:
>
> iptables -[RI] chain rulenum rule-specification [options]
>
> --insert -I chain [rulenum]
>
> This is all irritating, don't you think so?
> Which of them is the officially correct one
> regarding the placement (location) of the rulenum?
parent 6db2ded2f22a7e78743c86af523b8430876582e9 (v1.4.3-rc1-81-g6db2ded)
commit 26128f4386b9eb202d9288e7b414cb3ae43819f9
Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Feb 20 16:39:54 2009 +0100
doc: resynchronize manpage with in-code help
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
ip6tables.8.in | 6 +++---
ip6tables.c | 3 ++-
iptables.8.in | 6 +++---
iptables.c | 3 ++-
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ip6tables.8.in b/ip6tables.8.in
index 3d19a4c..a31887e 100644
--- a/ip6tables.8.in
+++ b/ip6tables.8.in
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ ip6tables - IPv6 packet filter administration
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] {\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-D\fP} \fIchain
rule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
.PP
-\fBip6tables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-I\fP [\fIrulenum\fP]
+\fBip6tables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-I\fP \fIchain\fP [\fIrulenum\fP]
\fIrule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
.PP
-\fBip6tables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-R\fP \fIrulenum
+\fBip6tables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-R\fP \fIchain rulenum
rule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-D\fP \fIchain rulenum\fP
[\fIoptions...\fP]
.PP
-\fBip6tables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-S\fP [\fIchain\fP]
+\fBip6tables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-S\fP [\fIchain\fP [\fIrulenum\fP]]
.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] {\fB\-F\fP|\fB\-L\fP|\fB\-Z\fP}
[\fIchain\fP] [\fIoptions...\fP]
diff --git a/ip6tables.c b/ip6tables.c
index 06c0a60..21a0a4e 100644
--- a/ip6tables.c
+++ b/ip6tables.c
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ exit_printhelp(struct xtables_rule_match *matches)
printf("%s v%s\n\n"
"Usage: %s -[AD] chain rule-specification [options]\n"
-" %s -[RI] chain rulenum rule-specification [options]\n"
+" %s -I chain [rulenum] rule-specification [options]\n"
+" %s -R chain rulenum rule-specification [options]\n"
" %s -D chain rulenum [options]\n"
" %s -[LS] [chain [rulenum]] [options]\n"
" %s -[FZ] [chain] [options]\n"
diff --git a/iptables.8.in b/iptables.8.in
index 2bbd9a7..10dcb73 100644
--- a/iptables.8.in
+++ b/iptables.8.in
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ iptables - administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBiptables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] {\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-D\fP} \fIchain\fP \fIrule-specification\fP
.PP
-\fBiptables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-I\fP [\fIrulenum\fP] \fIrule-specification\fP
+\fBiptables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-I\fP \fIchain\fP [\fIrulenum\fP] \fIrule-specification\fP
.PP
-\fBiptables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-R\fP \fIrulenum rule-specification\fP
+\fBiptables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-R\fP \fIchain rulenum rule-specification\fP
.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-D\fP \fIchain rulenum\fP
.PP
-\fBiptables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-S\fP [\fIchain\fP]
+\fBiptables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB\-S\fP [\fIchain\fP [\fIrulenum\fP]]
.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] {\fB\-F\fP|\fB\-L\fP|\fB\-Z\fP} [\fIchain\fP] [\fIoptions...\fP]
.PP
diff --git a/iptables.c b/iptables.c
index a8e97c7..56b46b8 100644
--- a/iptables.c
+++ b/iptables.c
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ exit_printhelp(struct xtables_rule_match *matches)
printf("%s v%s\n\n"
"Usage: %s -[AD] chain rule-specification [options]\n"
-" %s -[RI] chain rulenum rule-specification [options]\n"
+" %s -I chain [rulenum] rule-specification [options]\n"
+" %s -R chain rulenum rule-specification [options]\n"
" %s -D chain rulenum [options]\n"
" %s -[LS] [chain [rulenum]] [options]\n"
" %s -[FZ] [chain] [options]\n"
--
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