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+.\"
+.\" 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_FREE_HOSTENT 3 "23 July 1998"
+.SH NAME
+ares_free_hostent \- Free host structure allocated by ares functions
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <ares.h>
+.PP
+.B void ares_free_hostent(struct hostent *\fIhost\fP)
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.I ares_free_hostent
+function frees a
+.B struct hostent
+allocated by one of the functions \fIares_parse_a_reply(3)\fP,
+\fIares_parse_aaaa_reply(3)\fP, or \fIares_parse_ptr_reply(3)\fP.
+.SH NOTES
+It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure passed to
+the callback functions for \fIares_gethostbyname(3)\fP or
+\fIares_gethostbyaddr(3)\fP. c-ares will automatically free such host
+structures when the callback returns.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR ares_parse_a_reply (3),
+.BR ares_parse_aaaa_reply (3),
+.BR ares_parse_ptr_reply (3),
+.BR ares_parse_ns_reply (3)
+.SH AUTHOR
+Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
+.br
+Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.