Shell script to remove bootptab entry

[justahuman]

Hi,
i need to remove a single entry in /etc/bootptab. This should be done by a shell script.
Is there someone who can supply me with this script ?
I think that this is quit simple, but i just start with shell programming, so i need help.
Thank in advance
Michael

[Ashish Tripathi]

Hi,
If the entry to be removed is static then just remove the entry and copy /etc/bootptab to some /etc/bootptab.new and a small script like
/usr/bin/cp -p /etc/bootptab.new /etc/bootptab
should solve u'r purpose.
But is entry is variable then u can use "sed"
Hope it helps.
Ashish

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Here you go Micheal:

The attached script is adapted from the 'rmbootpentry' script supplied with the JetAdmin software.

Use it like this:
rmbootpentry /etc/bootptab xterm1

where the first arg is the name of the bootptab
and the second arg is the short name of the entry you wish to remove.

This should do just what you want, Clay.

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

#cp -p /etc/bootptab /etc/bootptab.out
#sed 's/your_entry//g' /etc/bootptab.out > /etc/bootptab