ares_free_hostent - Free host structure allocated by ares functions
#include <ares.h> void ares_free_hostent(struct hostent *host)
ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3) Library Functions Manual ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3)
NAME
ares_free_hostent - Free host structure allocated by ares functions
SYNOPSIS
#include <ares.h>
void ares_free_hostent(struct hostent *host)
DESCRIPTION
The 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).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | library/libcares |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------+
NOTES
It 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 struc-
tures when the callback returns.
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/.
SEE ALSO
ares_parse_a_reply(3), ares_parse_aaaa_reply(3),
ares_parse_ptr_reply(3), ares_parse_ns_reply(3)
AUTHOR
Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
23 July 1998 ARES_FREE_HOSTENT(3)