ARES_FREE_DATA(3)					     Library Functions Manual						 ARES_FREE_DATA(3)

NAME

       ares_free_data - Free data allocated by several c-ares functions

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ares.h>

       void ares_free_data(void *dataptr)

       cc file.c -lcares

DESCRIPTION

       The  ares_free_data(3) function frees one or more data structures allocated and returned by several c-ares functions. Specifically the data
       returned by the following list of functions must be deallocated using this function.

       ares_get_servers(3)
	    When used to free the data returned by ares_get_servers(3) this will free the whole linked list of ares_addr_node structures  returned
	    by ares_get_servers(3).

       ares_parse_srv_reply(3)
	    When  used	to  free  the  data  returned by ares_parse_srv_reply(3) this will free the whole linked list of ares_srv_reply structures
	    returned by ares_parse_srv_reply(3), along with any additional storage associated with those structures.

       ares_parse_mx_reply(3)
	    When used to free the data returned by ares_parse_mx_reply(3) this will  free  the	whole  linked  list  of  ares_mx_reply	structures
	    returned by ares_parse_mx_reply(3), along with any additional storage associated with those structures.

       ares_parse_txt_reply(3)
	    When  used	to  free  the  data  returned by ares_parse_txt_reply(3) this will free the whole linked list of ares_txt_reply structures
	    returned by ares_parse_txt_reply(3), along with any additional storage associated with those structures.

       ares_parse_soa_reply(3)
	    When used to free the data returned by ares_parse_soa_reply(3) this will free the ares_soa_reply structure, along with any	additional
	    storage associated with those structure.

RETURN VALUE

       The ares_free_data() function does not return a value.

AVAILABILITY

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

SEE ALSO

       ares_get_servers(3), ares_parse_srv_reply(3), ares_parse_mx_reply(3), ares_parse_txt_reply(3), ares_parse_soa_reply(3)

AUTHOR

       Yang Tse

       Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
       Copyright (C) 2004-2010 by Daniel Stenberg.

								   5 March 2010 						 ARES_FREE_DATA(3)