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).

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
       structures when the callback returns.

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)