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| .TH ARES_DESTROY 3 "7 December 2004" |
| .SH NAME |
| ares_destroy \- Destroy a resolver channel |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <ares.h> |
| .PP |
| .B void ares_destroy(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP) |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .B ares_destroy |
| function destroys the name service channel identified by |
| .IR channel , |
| freeing all memory and closing all sockets used by the channel. |
| .B ares_destroy |
| invokes the callbacks for each pending query on the channel, passing a |
| status of |
| .BR ARES_EDESTRUCTION . |
| 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_cancel (3) |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems |
| .br |
| Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |