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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<refentry>
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>shorewall-</refentrytitle>
+
+    <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>vardir</refname>
+
+    <refpurpose>Shorewall file</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <cmdsynopsis>
+      <command>/etc/shorewall/vardir</command>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>This file does not exist by default. You may create the file if you
+    want to change the directory used by Shorewall to store state information,
+    including compiled firewall scripts. By default, the directory used is
+    <filename>/var/lib/shorewall/</filename>.</para>
+
+    <para>The file contains a single variable assignment:</para>
+
+    <para><option>VARDIR=</option><replaceable>directory</replaceable></para>
+
+    <para>where <replaceable>directory</replaceable> is the name of a
+    directory. If you add this file, you should copy the files from
+    <filename>/var/lib/shorewall</filename> to the new directory before
+    performing a shorewall restart.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Example</title>
+
+    <para>VARDIR=/root/shorewall</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>FILES</title>
+
+    <para>/etc/shorewall/</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>See ALSO</title>
+
+    <para>shorewall(8), shorewall-accounting(5), shorewall-actions(5),
+    shorewall-blacklist(5), shorewall-hosts(5), shorewall-interfaces(5),
+    shorewall-ipsec(5), shorewall-maclist(5), shorewall-masq(5),
+    shorewall-nat(5), shorewall-netmap(5), shorewall-params(5),
+    shorewall-policy(5), shorewall-providers(5), shorewall-proxyarp(5),
+    shorewall-route_rules(5), shorewall-routestopped(5), shorewall-rules(5),
+    shorewall.conf(5), shorewall-tcclasses(5), shorewall-tcdevices(5),
+    shorewall-tcrules(5), shorewall-tos(5), shorewall-tunnels(5),
+    shorewall-zones(5)</para>
+  </refsect1>
+</refentry>
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