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| .TH ARES_CANCEL 3 "31 March 2004" |
| .SH NAME |
| ares_cancel \- Cancel a resolve |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <ares.h> |
| .PP |
| .B int ares_cancel(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP) |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The \fBares_cancel\fP function cancels all lookups/requests made on the the |
| name service channel identified by \fIchannel\fP. \fBares_cancel\fP invokes |
| the callbacks for each pending query on the channel, passing a status of |
| .BR ARES_ETIMEOUT . |
| These calls give the callbacks a chance to clean up any state which |
| might have been stored in their arguments. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR ares_init (3) |
| .BR ares_destroy (3) |
| .SH NOTES |
| This function was added in c-ares 1.2.0 |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Dirk Manske |