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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 or ares_parse_ptr_reply.

SEE ALSO

       ares_parse_a_reply(3), 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  or
       ares_gethostbyaddr.  The ares library will automatically free such host
       structures when the callback returns.

AUTHOR

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

                                 23 July 1998