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.I ares_free_hostent |
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function frees a |
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.B struct hostent |
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allocated by one of the functions |
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.I ares_parse_a_reply |
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or |
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.IR ares_parse_ptr_reply . |
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allocated by one of the functions \fIares_parse_a_reply(3)\fP or |
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\fIares_parse_ptr_reply(3)\fP. |
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.SH NOTES |
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It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure passed to |
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the callback functions for \fIares_gethostbyname(3)\fP or |
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\fIares_gethostbyaddr(3)\fP. The ares library will automatically free such |
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host structures when the callback returns. |
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.SH SEE ALSO |
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.BR ares_parse_a_reply (3), |
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.BR ares_parse_ptr_reply (3) |
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.SH NOTES |
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It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure |
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passed to the callback functions for |
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.I ares_gethostbyname |
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or |
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.IR ares_gethostbyaddr . |
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The ares library will automatically free such host structures when the |
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callback returns. |
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.SH AUTHOR |
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Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems |
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