osx man page for bootptab

BOOTPTAB(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual						       BOOTPTAB(5)

NAME
     bootptab -- Internet Bootstrap Protocol server database

DESCRIPTION
     The file /etc/bootptab contains a list of host entries used by bootpd (see bootpd(8)) to associate a hardware address with a particular IP
     address.

     The bootptab file contains two sections.	The two sections are separated by a single line containing just "%%".  The first section is
     ignored.  The second section contains host entries, one host per line.  The format of the line is:
     hostname	  hwtype     hwaddr	ipaddr	   bootfile

EXAMPLES
     Here is an example /etc/bootptab:
     #
     # bootptab example
     #
     %%
     # machine entries have the following format:
     #
     # hostname      hwtype  hwaddr		 ipaddr 	 bootfile
     client1	     1	     00:01:02:03:04:05	 10.0.0.20	 boot0
     client2	     1	     00:a0:b2:ef:ff:0a	 10.0.0.20	 boot

SEE ALSO
     xinetd(8), tftpd(8), netinfo(5), exports(5)

Mac OS X							 September 7, 2006							  Mac OS X