1ARES_QUERY(3) Library Functions Manual ARES_QUERY(3)
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6 ares_query - Initiate a single-question DNS query
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9 #include <ares.h>
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11 typedef void (*ares_callback)(void *arg, int status,
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14 void ares_query(ares_channel channel, const char *name,
15 int dnsclass, int type, ares_callback callback,
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19 The ares_query function initiates a single-question DNS query on the
20 name service channel identified by channel. The parameter name gives
21 the query name as a NUL-terminated C string of period-separated labels
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23 must be escaped with a backslash. The parameters dnsclass and type
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25 <arpa/nameser.h>. When the query is complete or has failed, the ares
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41 ARES_ESERVFAIL The query completed but the server claims to have
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47 ARES_ENOTFOUND The query completed but the queried-for domain name
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63 ARES_EBADNAME The query name name could not be encoded as a domain
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74 ARES_EDESTRUCTION The name service channel channel is being destroyed;
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86 Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
87 Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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