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| .TH ARES_FREE_HOSTENT 3 "23 July 1998" |
| .SH NAME |
| ares_free_hostent \- Free host structure allocated by ares functions |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <ares.h> |
| .PP |
| .B void ares_free_hostent(struct hostent *\fIhost\fP) |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .I ares_free_hostent |
| function frees a |
| .B struct hostent |
| allocated by one of the functions \fIares_parse_a_reply(3)\fP, |
| \fIares_parse_aaaa_reply(3)\fP, or \fIares_parse_ptr_reply(3)\fP. |
| .SH NOTES |
| It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure passed to |
| the callback functions for \fIares_gethostbyname(3)\fP or |
| \fIares_gethostbyaddr(3)\fP. c-ares will automatically free such host |
| structures when the callback returns. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR ares_parse_a_reply (3), |
| .BR ares_parse_aaaa_reply (3), |
| .BR ares_parse_ptr_reply (3), |
| .BR ares_parse_ns_reply (3) |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems |
| .br |
| Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |