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ares_parse_ns_reply (3)

Name

ares_parse_ns_reply - Parse a reply to a DNS query of type NS into a hostent

Synopsis

#include <ares.h>

int ares_parse_ns_reply(const unsigned char *abuf, int alen,
struct hostent **host);

Description

ARES_PARSE_NS_REPLY(3)     Library Functions Manual     ARES_PARSE_NS_REPLY(3)



NAME
       ares_parse_ns_reply  -  Parse  a reply to a DNS query of type NS into a
       hostent

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ares.h>

       int ares_parse_ns_reply(const unsigned char *abuf, int alen,
            struct hostent **host);

DESCRIPTION
       The ares_parse_ns_reply function parses the response to a query of type
       NS  into  a struct hostent.  The parameters abuf and alen give the con-
       tents of the response.  The result is stored in allocated memory and  a
       pointer  to  it stored into the variable pointed to by host.  The name-
       servers are stored into the aliases field of the host structure.  It is
       the  caller's responsibility to free the resulting host structure using
       ares_free_hostent(3) when it is no longer needed.

RETURN VALUES
       ares_parse_ns_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.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | library/libcares |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Volatile         |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       ares_query(3), ares_free_hostent(3)

AUTHOR
       Written by Vlad  Dinulescu  <vlad.dinulescu@avira.com>,  on  behalf  of
       AVIRA Gmbh http://www.avira.com



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/.



                               10 February 2007         ARES_PARSE_NS_REPLY(3)