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| 16 | .TH ARES_FREE_HOSTENT 3 "23 July 1998" |
| 17 | .SH NAME |
| 18 | ares_free_hostent \- Free host structure allocated by ares functions |
| 19 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 20 | .nf |
| 21 | .B #include <ares.h> |
| 22 | .PP |
| 23 | .B void ares_free_hostent(struct hostent *\fIhost\fP) |
| 24 | .fi |
| 25 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 26 | The |
| 27 | .I ares_free_hostent |
| 28 | function frees a |
| 29 | .B struct hostent |
| 30 | allocated by one of the functions \fIares_parse_a_reply(3)\fP, |
| 31 | \fIares_parse_aaaa_reply(3)\fP, or \fIares_parse_ptr_reply(3)\fP. |
| 32 | .SH NOTES |
| 33 | It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure passed to |
| 34 | the callback functions for \fIares_gethostbyname(3)\fP or |
| 35 | \fIares_gethostbyaddr(3)\fP. c-ares will automatically free such host |
| 36 | structures when the callback returns. |
| 37 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 38 | .BR ares_parse_a_reply (3), |
| 39 | .BR ares_parse_aaaa_reply (3), |
| 40 | .BR ares_parse_ptr_reply (3), |
| 41 | .BR ares_parse_ns_reply (3) |
| 42 | .SH AUTHOR |
| 43 | Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems |
| 44 | .br |
| 45 | Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |