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ARES_PARSE_SRV_REPLY(3) 				     Library Functions Manual					   ARES_PARSE_SRV_REPLY(3)

NAME
       ares_parse_srv_reply - Parse a reply to a DNS query of type SRV

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ares.h>

       int ares_parse_srv_reply(const unsigned char* abuf, int alen,
       struct ares_srv_reply** srv_out);

DESCRIPTION
       The  ares_parse_srv_reply  function  parses  the response to a query of type SRV into a linked list of struct ares_srv_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	srv_out.   It is the caller's responsibility to free the resulting srv_out structure when it is no longer needed using the
       function ares_free_data

       The structure ares_srv_reply contains the following fields:

	   struct ares_srv_reply {
	       struct ares_srv_reply  *next;
	       unsigned short weight;
	       unsigned short priority;
	       unsigned short port;
	       char *host;
	   };

RETURN VALUES
       ares_parse_srv_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

								   4 August 2009					   ARES_PARSE_SRV_REPLY(3)