Hi Arturo, On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 10:35:02AM +0200, Arturo Borrero wrote: > The compat struct was not printed in XML. So, I think give output > format is the first step to parse it. > --- > src/rule.c | 9 ++++++++- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/src/rule.c b/src/rule.c > index 57b849d..e419b0a 100644 > --- a/src/rule.c > +++ b/src/rule.c > @@ -445,11 +445,18 @@ static int nft_rule_snprintf_xml(char *buf, size_t size, struct nft_rule *r, > > ret = snprintf(buf, size, > "<rule family=\"%u\" table=\"%s\" " > - "chain=\"%s\" handle=\"%llu\"> ", > + "chain=\"%s\" handle=\"%llu\">\n ", ^^^ We don't need the space after ">" and the \n and the extra formatting. As example, check the output of conntrack in XML: # conntrack -L -o xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <conntrack> <flow type="new"><meta direction="original"><layer3 protonum="2" protoname="ipv4"><src>77.209.70.77</src><dst>150.214.142.14</dst></layer3><layer4 protonum="1" protoname="icmp"></layer4></meta><meta direction="reply"><layer3 protonum="2" protoname="ipv4"><src>150.214.142.14</src><dst>77.209.70.77</dst></layer3><layer4 protonum="1" protoname="icmp"></layer4></meta><meta direction="independent"><timeout>30</timeout><id>830164440</id><unreplied/></meta></flow> <flow type="update"><meta direction="original"><layer3 protonum="2" protoname="ipv4"><src>77.209.70.77</src><dst>150.214.142.14</dst></layer3><layer4 protonum="1" protoname="icmp"></layer4></meta><meta direction="reply"><layer3 protonum="2" protoname="ipv4"><src>150.214.142.14</src><dst>77.209.70.77</dst></layer3><layer4 protonum="1" protoname="icmp"></layer4></meta><meta direction="independent"><timeout>29</timeout><id>830164440</id></meta></flow> </conntrack> Note that every flow is expressed in one single line in XML. Now do: # conntrack -L -o xml > /tmp/x.xml And have a look at some XML visualizer, eg: $ firefox /tmp/x.xml Does it clarify? -- 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