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diff --git a/doc/ip-cref.tex b/doc/ip-cref.tex index 056e3bf5..d8fed66e 100644 --- a/doc/ip-cref.tex +++ b/doc/ip-cref.tex @@ -1675,6 +1675,41 @@ information about this route is shown: \item \verb|used| --- the number of lookups of this route since its creation. \end{itemize} +\subsection{{\tt ip route save} -- save routing tables} +\label{IP-ROUTE-SAVE} + +\paragraph{Description:} this command saves the contents of the routing +tables or the route(s) selected by some criteria to standard output. + +\paragraph{Arguments:} \verb|ip route save| has the same arguments as +\verb|ip route show|. + +\paragraph{Example:} This saves all the routes to the {\tt saved\_routes} +file: +\begin{verbatim} +dan@caffeine:~ # ip route save > saved_routes +\end{verbatim} + +\paragraph{Output format:} The format of the data stream provided by +\verb|ip route save| is that of \verb|rtnetlink|. See +\verb|rtnetlink(7)| for more information. + +\subsection{{\tt ip route restore} -- restore routing tables} +\label{IP-ROUTE-RESTORE} + +\paragraph{Description:} this command restores the contents of the routing +tables according to a data stream as provided by \verb|ip route save| via +standard input. Note that any routes already in the table are left unchanged. +Any routes in the input stream that already exist in the tables are ignored. + +\paragraph{Arguments:} This command takes no arguments. + +\paragraph{Example:} This restores all routes that were saved to the +{\tt saved\_routes} file: + +\begin{verbatim} +dan@caffeine:~ # ip route restore < saved_routes +\end{verbatim} \subsection{{\tt ip route flush} --- flush routing tables} \label{IP-ROUTE-FLUSH} |