On Wednesday 06 August 2008, jamal wrote:
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> Ok, thanks - let me take a closer look.
> Actually i dont doubt that when you batch the optind maybe shaky - I am
> more worried about other working scenarios that may have depended on it.
> I will still say put #2 and #3 in separate patch.
>
Is it better like this?

Sure optind is up to you, for me it is not clear yet how it works.

Just i notice in iptables.c, function do_command where they set optind to zero 
and in comments /*re-set optind to zero in case do_command gets called second 
time */