From d81d4ed4212d5140c7d604fc7653e09fcfe27016 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: teastep <teastep@fbd18981-670d-0410-9b5c-8dc0c1a9a2bb>
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:56:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add tip about including multiple files in one command

git-svn-id: https://shorewall.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/shorewall/trunk@8245 fbd18981-670d-0410-9b5c-8dc0c1a9a2bb
---
 docs/configuration_file_basics.xml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml b/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml
index 0a0b4bb03..ed413bf89 100644
--- a/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml
+++ b/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml
@@ -446,6 +446,18 @@ smtp,www,pop3,imap  #Services running on the firewall</programlisting>
        #LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE
  
      ----- end rules -----</programlisting>
+
+      <para>Users of Shorewall-perl 4.0.6 and later may include multiple files
+      in one command using an <link linkend="Embedded">embedded shell
+      command</link>.</para>
+
+      <para>Example (include all of the files ending in ".rules" in a
+      directory:):<programlisting>gateway:/etc/shorewall # ls rules.d
+ALL.rules  DNAT.rules  FW.rules  NET.rules  REDIRECT.rules  VPN.rules
+gateway:/etc/shorewall # </programlisting></para>
+
+      <para>/etc/shorewall/rules:<programlisting>SECTION NEW
+SHELL cat rules.d/*.rules</programlisting></para>
     </example>
   </section>