updating tnsnames.ora and host file

I need to programmatically update the tnsnames.ora and hosts file as part of an installation package. This keeps cropping up and I wondered how other folk manage this.

I am forever needing to make changes to the files. I can do this as part of an install package or from SMS as part of a script. Ideally I need a utility that lets me add / amend / delete entries.

I'm at the point of writing my own, but firstly I cant believe that someone hasn't already done this (e.g. Oracle?) and I note that Easy NetConfig complains long and hard if I make manually changes to tnsnames.ora

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