63 lines
2.2 KiB
Groff
63 lines
2.2 KiB
Groff
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.\" Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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.\" Copyright (C) 2004-2009 by Daniel Stenberg
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.TH ARES_FREE_DATA 3 "20 Nov 2009"
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.SH NAME
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ares_free_data \- Free data allocated by several c-ares functions
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <ares.h>
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.PP
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.B void ares_free_data(void *\fIdataptr\fP)
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.PP
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.B cc file.c -lcares
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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The
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.B ares_free_data(3)
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function frees one or more data structures allocated and returned
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by several c-ares functions. Specifically the data returned by the
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following list of functions must be deallocated using this function.
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.TP 5
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.B ares_parse_srv_reply(3)
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When used to free the data returned by ares_parse_srv_reply(3) this
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will free the whole linked list of ares_srv_reply structures returned
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by ares_parse_srv_reply(3), along with any additional storage
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associated with those structures.
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.TP
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.B ares_parse_txt_reply(3)
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When used to free the data returned by ares_parse_txt_reply(3) this
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will free the whole linked list of ares_txt_reply structures returned
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by ares_parse_txt_reply(3), along with any additional storage
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associated with those structures.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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The ares_free_data() function does not return a value.
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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This function was first introduced in c-ares version 1.6.1 along with the
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definition of preprocessor symbol \fICARES_HAVE_ARES_FREE_DATA\fP as an
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indication of the availability of this function.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR ares_parse_srv_reply(3),
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.BR ares_parse_txt_reply(3)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Yang Tse
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.PP
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Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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.br
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Copyright (C) 2004-2009 by Daniel Stenberg.
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