Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxx> --- iptables/ip6tables.8.in | 9 +++++++++ iptables/iptables.8.in | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/iptables/ip6tables.8.in b/iptables/ip6tables.8.in index dfeebe6..c274e91 100644 --- a/iptables/ip6tables.8.in +++ b/iptables/ip6tables.8.in @@ -240,6 +240,15 @@ Give a (currently very brief) description of the command syntax. The following parameters make up a rule specification (as used in the add, delete, insert, replace and append commands). .TP +\fB\-4\fP, \fB\-\-ipv4\fP +If a rule using the \fB\-4\fP option is inserted with (and only with) +ip6tables-restore, it will be silently ignored. Any other uses will throw an +error. This option allows to put both IPv4 and IPv6 rules in a single rule file +for use with both iptables-restore and ip6tables-restore. +.TP +\fB\-6\fP, \fB\-\-ipv6\fP +This option has no effect in ip6tables and ip6tables-restore. +.TP [\fB!\fP] \fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-protocol\fP \fIprotocol\fP The protocol of the rule or of the packet to check. The specified protocol can be one of \fBtcp\fP, \fBudp\fP, \fBudplite\fP, diff --git a/iptables/iptables.8.in b/iptables/iptables.8.in index 9276cf9..22a8478 100644 --- a/iptables/iptables.8.in +++ b/iptables/iptables.8.in @@ -243,6 +243,15 @@ Give a (currently very brief) description of the command syntax. The following parameters make up a rule specification (as used in the add, delete, insert, replace and append commands). .TP +\fB\-4\fP, \fB\-\-ipv4\fP +This option has no effect in iptables and iptables-restore. +.TP +\fB\-6\fP, \fB\-\-ipv6\fP +If a rule using the \fB\-6\fP option is inserted with (and only with) +iptables-restore, it will be silently ignored. Any other uses will throw an +error. This option allows to put both IPv4 and IPv6 rules in a single rule file +for use with both iptables-restore and ip6tables-restore. +.TP [\fB!\fP] \fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-protocol\fP \fIprotocol\fP The protocol of the rule or of the packet to check. The specified protocol can be one of \fBtcp\fP, \fBudp\fP, \fBudplite\fP, -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
