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ares_set_servers_csv (3)

Name

ares_set_servers_csv - Set list of DNS servers to be used.

Synopsis

#include <ares.h>

int ares_set_servers_csv(ares_channel channel, const char* servers)
int ares_set_servers_ports_csv(ares_channel channel, const char* servers)

Description

ARES_SET_SERVERS_CSV(3)    Library Functions Manual    ARES_SET_SERVERS_CSV(3)



NAME
       ares_set_servers_csv,  ares_set_servers_ports_csv  -  Set  list  of DNS
       servers to be used.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ares.h>

       int ares_set_servers_csv(ares_channel channel, const char* servers)
       int ares_set_servers_ports_csv(ares_channel channel, const char* servers)

DESCRIPTION
       The ares_set_servers_csv  and  ares_set_servers_ports_csvfunctions  set
       the  list  of  DNS  servers  that  ARES  will query.  The format of the
       servers option is:

       host[:port][,host[:port]]...

       For example:

       192.168.1.100,192.168.1.101,3.4.5.6

       The ares_set_servers_csv function will ignore any port values specified
       in  the  input string, whereare the ares_set_servers_ports_csv function
       will apply any specified port values as the UDP and TCP port to be used
       for that particular nameserver.


RETURN VALUES
       ares_set_servers_csv(3)  This  function may return any of the following
       values:

       ARES_SUCCESS   The name servers configuration was successfully initial-
                      ized.

       ARES_ENOMEM    The process's available memory was exhausted.

       ARES_ENODATA   The channel data identified by channel was invalid.

       ARES_ENOTINITIALIZED
                      c-ares library initialization not yet performed.

       ARES_ENOTIMP   Changing  name  servers  configuration while queries are
                      outstanding is not implemented.


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


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

SEE ALSO
       ares_set_servers(3)

AVAILABILITY
       ares_set_servers_csv     was      added      in      c-ares      1.7.2;
       ares_set_servers_ports_csv was added in c-ares 1.11.0.

AUTHOR
       Ben Greear



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/.



                                 30 June 2010          ARES_SET_SERVERS_CSV(3)