Query: ares_free_hostent
OS: centos
Section: 3
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ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3) Library Functions Manual ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3)NAMEares_free_hostent - Free host structure allocated by ares functionsSYNOPSIS#include <ares.h> void ares_free_hostent(struct hostent *host)DESCRIPTIONThe ares_free_hostent function frees a struct hostent allocated by one of the functions ares_parse_a_reply(3), ares_parse_aaaa_reply(3), or ares_parse_ptr_reply(3).NOTESIt is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure passed to the callback functions for ares_gethostbyname(3) or ares_gethostbyaddr(3). c-ares will automatically free such host structures when the callback returns.SEE ALSOares_parse_a_reply(3), ares_parse_aaaa_reply(3), ares_parse_ptr_reply(3), ares_parse_ns_reply(3)AUTHORGreg Hudson, MIT Information Systems Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 23 July 1998 ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3)