curl/ares/ares_cancel.3
Daniel Stenberg 0606b792f0 - Timo Teras changed the reason code used in the resolve callback done when
ares_cancel() is used, to be ARES_ECANCELLED instead of ARES_ETIMEOUT to
  better allow the callback to know what's happening.
2009-08-03 11:51:06 +00:00

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.TH ARES_CANCEL 3 "31 March 2004"
.SH NAME
ares_cancel \- Cancel a resolve
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <ares.h>
.PP
.B int ares_cancel(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBares_cancel\fP function cancels all lookups/requests made on the the
name service channel identified by \fIchannel\fP. \fBares_cancel\fP invokes
the callbacks for each pending query on the channel, passing a status of
.BR ARES_ECANCELLED .
These calls give the callbacks a chance to clean up any state which
might have been stored in their arguments.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ares_init (3)
.BR ares_destroy (3)
.SH NOTES
This function was added in c-ares 1.2.0
c-ares 1.6.0 and earlier pass a status of
.BR ARES_ETIMEOUT
instead of
.BR ARES_ECANCELLED .
.SH AUTHOR
Dirk Manske