freehostent(3) Library Functions Manual freehostent(3)
NAME
freehostent - Returns hostent structures and dynamic storage to the system
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)
SYNOPSIS
#include <netdb.h>
void freehostent (
struct hostent *ptr);
PARAMETERS
Specifies a pointer to the hostent structure to be freed. database.
DESCRIPTION
The freehostent() function frees hostent structures and dynamic memory to the system. You should use this return to free hostent struc-
tures that were returned by the getipnodebyname() and getipnodebyaddr() functions only.
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: getipnodebyaddr(3), getipnodebyname(3). delim off
freehostent(3)
