1ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3) Library Functions Manual ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3)
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6 ares_free_hostent - Free host structure allocated by ares functions
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9 #include <ares.h>
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11 void ares_free_hostent(struct hostent *host)
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14 The ares_free_hostent function frees a struct hostent allocated by one
15 of the functions ares_parse_a_reply(3), ares_parse_aaaa_reply(3), or
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19 It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure
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25 ares_parse_a_reply(3), ares_parse_aaaa_reply(3),
26 ares_parse_ptr_reply(3), ares_parse_ns_reply(3)
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29 Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
30 Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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34 23 July 1998 ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3)