IPTABLES-RESTORE(8)

NAME
iptables-restore - Restore IP Tables

SYNOPSIS
iptables-restore [-c] [-n]

DESCRIPTION

iptables-restore is used to restore IP Tables from data specified on STDIN. Use I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file

-c, --counters
    restore the values of all packet and byte counters

-n, --noflush

don't flush the previous contents of the table. If not specified,
    iptables-restore flushes (deletes) all previous contents of the respective IP Table.

BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release

AUTHOR
Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>

SEE ALSO
iptables-save(8), iptables(8)

The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO, which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the internals.