ARES_PARSE_PTR_REPLY(3)    Library Functions Manual    ARES_PARSE_PTR_REPLY(3)

NAME
       ares_parse_ptr_reply - Parse a reply to a DNS query of type PTR into a
       hostent

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ares.h>

       int ares_parse_ptr_reply(const unsigned char *abuf, int alen,
                                const void *addr, int addrlen,
                                int family, struct hostent **host);

DESCRIPTION
       The ares_parse_ptr_reply function parses the response to a query of
       type PTR into a struct hostent.  The parameters abuf and alen give the
       contents of the response.  The parameters addr, addrlen, and family
       specify which address was queried for; they are not used to verify the
       response, merely used to fill in the address of the struct hostent.
       The resulting struct hostent is stored in allocated memory and a
       pointer to it stored into the variable pointed to by host.  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_ptr_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.

SEE ALSO
       ares_gethostbyaddr(3), ares_free_hostent(3)

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

                                 25 July 1998          ARES_PARSE_PTR_REPLY(3)