ARES_DESTROY(3)            Library Functions Manual            ARES_DESTROY(3)

NAME
       ares_destroy - Destroy a resolver channel

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ares.h>

       void ares_destroy(ares_channel_t *channel)

DESCRIPTION
       The ares_destroy(3) function destroys the name service channel
       identified by channel, freeing all memory and closing all sockets used
       by the channel.

       ares_destroy(3) invokes the callbacks for each pending query on the
       channel, passing a status of ARES_EDESTRUCTION. These calls give the
       callbacks a chance to clean up any state which might have been stored
       in their arguments. A callback must not add new requests to a channel
       being destroyed.

       There is no ability to make this function thread-safe.  No additional
       calls using this channel may be made once this function is called.

SEE ALSO
       ares_init(3), ares_cancel(3), ares_threadsafety(3)

AUTHOR
       Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
       Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

                                7 December 2004                ARES_DESTROY(3)