osf1 man page for freeaddrinfo

freeaddrinfo(3) 					     Library Functions Manual						   freeaddrinfo(3)

NAME
       freeaddrinfo - Frees system resources used by an address information structure

LIBRARY
       Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <netdb.h>

       void freeaddrinfo(      struct addrinfo *ai);

STANDARDS
       The freeaddrinfo function supports POSIX.1g Draft 6.6.

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
       Points to a addrinfo structure to be freed.  The netdb.h header file defines the addrinfo structure.

DESCRIPTION
       The  freeaddrinfo() routine frees one or more addrinfo structures and any dynamic storage associated with the structures.  The process con-
       tinues until the routine encounters a NULL ai_next pointer.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Functions: connect(3), getaddrinfo(3), gai_strerror(3), gethostbyname(3), getservbyname(3), socket(3).

       Files: hostname(5), resolv.conf(4), svc.conf(4).

       Networks: bind_intro(7), nis_intro(7).

       Standards: standards(5).  delim off

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