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diff --git a/src/c-ares/ares_destroy.3 b/src/c-ares/ares_destroy.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9cdee30a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/c-ares/ares_destroy.3 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this +.\" software and its documentation for any purpose and without +.\" fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright +.\" notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright +.\" notice and this permission notice appear in supporting +.\" documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in +.\" advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the +.\" software without specific, written prior permission. +.\" M.I.T. makes no representations about the suitability of +.\" this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" +.\" without express or implied warranty. +.\" +.TH ARES_DESTROY 3 "7 December 2004" +.SH NAME +ares_destroy \- Destroy a resolver channel +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +#include <ares.h> + +void ares_destroy(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP) +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fBares_destroy(3)\fP function destroys the name service channel +identified by \fIchannel\fP, freeing all memory and closing all sockets used +by the channel. + +\fBares_destroy(3)\fP invokes the callbacks for each pending query on the +channel, passing a status of \fIARES_EDESTRUCTION\fP. These calls give the +callbacks a chance to clean up any state which might have been stored in their +arguments. A callback must not add new requests to a channel being destroyed. +.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. |