ares_free_data - ares functions
#include <ares.h> void ares_free_data(void *dataptr) cc file.c -lcares
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 allo- cated 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 addi- tional 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. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+------------------+ |Availability | library/libcares | +---------------+------------------+ |Stability | Volatile | +---------------+------------------+ 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. NOTES Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source- code-downloads.html. This software was built from source available at https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from https://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c- ares-1.17.2.tar.gz. Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at https://c-ares.haxx.se/. 5 March 2010 ARES_FREE_DATA(3)