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diff --git a/src/c-ares/ares_free_hostent.3 b/src/c-ares/ares_free_hostent.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d692801ba --- /dev/null +++ b/src/c-ares/ares_free_hostent.3 @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +.\" +.\" 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. |