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ARES_FREE_HOSTENT

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NAME

ares_free_hostent - Free host structure allocated by ares functions

SYNOPSIS

#include <ares.h>

void ares_free_hostent(struct hostent * host )

DESCRIPTION

The ares_free_hostent function frees a struct hostent allocated by one of the functions ares_parse_a_reply(3) , ares_parse_aaaa_reply(3) , or ares_parse_ptr_reply(3) .

NOTES

It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure passed to the callback functions for ares_gethostbyname(3) or ares_gethostbyaddr(3) . c-ares will automatically free such host structures when the callback returns.

SEE ALSO

ares_parse_a_reply (3), ares_parse_aaaa_reply (3), ares_parse_ptr_reply (3), ares_parse_ns_reply (3)