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.\" Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT |
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.\" |
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.TH ARES_PARSE_NS_REPLY 3 "10 February 2007" |
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.SH NAME |
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ares_parse_ns_reply \- Parse a reply to a DNS query of type NS into a hostent |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.nf |
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#include <ares.h> |
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int ares_parse_ns_reply(const unsigned char *\fIabuf\fP, int \fIalen\fP, |
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struct hostent **\fIhost\fP); |
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.fi |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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The |
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.B ares_parse_ns_reply |
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function parses the response to a query of type NS into a |
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.BR "struct hostent" . |
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The parameters |
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.I abuf |
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and |
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.I alen |
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give the contents of the response. The result is stored in allocated |
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memory and a pointer to it stored into the variable pointed to by |
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.IR host . |
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The nameservers are stored into the |
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.BR aliases |
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field of the |
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.IR host |
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structure. |
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It is the caller's responsibility to free the resulting host structure |
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using |
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.BR ares_free_hostent (3) |
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when it is no longer needed. |
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.SH RETURN VALUES |
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.B ares_parse_ns_reply |
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can return any of the following values: |
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.TP 15 |
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.B ARES_SUCCESS |
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The response was successfully parsed. |
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.TP 15 |
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.B ARES_EBADRESP |
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The response was malformatted. |
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.TP 15 |
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.B ARES_ENODATA |
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The response did not contain an answer to the query. |
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.TP 15 |
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.B ARES_ENOMEM |
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Memory was exhausted. |
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.SH SEE ALSO |
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.BR ares_query (3), |
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.BR ares_free_hostent (3)
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