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 or ares_parse_ptr_reply.
SEE ALSO
ares_parse_a_reply(3), ares_parse_ptr_reply(3)
NOTES
It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure
passed to the callback functions for ares_gethostbyname or ares_gethostbyaddr. The ares library will automatically free such host structures when the callback returns.
AUTHOR
- Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.