ares_free_hostent(3)

ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3)   C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS   ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3)

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  allo-
     cated   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)

AUTHOR

     Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
     Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

                    Last change: 23 July 1998                   1