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ares_parse_txt_reply

ARES_PARSE_TXT_REPLY(3) 				     Library Functions Manual					   ARES_PARSE_TXT_REPLY(3)

NAME

       ares_parse_txt_reply - Parse a reply to a DNS query of type TXT

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ares.h>

       int ares_parse_txt_reply(const unsigned char* abuf, int alen,
       struct ares_txt_reply **txt_out);

DESCRIPTION

       The  ares_parse_txt_reply  function  parses  the  response to a query of type TXT into a linked list (one element per sub-string) of struct
       ares_txt_reply The parameters abuf and alen give the contents of the response.  The result is stored in allocated memory and a  pointer	to
       it stored into the variable pointed to by txt_out.  It is the caller's responsibility to free the resulting txt_out structure when it is no
       longer needed using the function ares_free_data

       The structure ares_txt_reply contains the following fields:

	   struct ares_txt_reply {
	     struct ares_txt_reply  *next;
	     unsigned int  length;
	     unsigned char *txt;
	   };

RETURN VALUES

       ares_parse_txt_reply can return any of the following values:

       ARES_SUCCESS   The response was successfully parsed.

       ARES_EBADRESP  The response was malformatted.

       ARES_ENODATA   The response did not contain an answer to the query.

       ARES_ENOMEM    Memory was exhausted.

AVAILABILITY

       This function was first introduced in c-ares version 1.7.0.

SEE ALSO

       ares_query(3) ares_free_data(3)

AUTHOR

       Written by Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com>, on behalf of Red Hat, Inc http://www.redhat.com

								  27 October 2009					   ARES_PARSE_TXT_REPLY(3)