ARES_FREE_DATA(3)      FreeBSD Library Functions Manual      ARES_FREE_DATA(3)

NAME
       ares_free_data - Free data allocated by several c-ares functions

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ares.h>

       void ares_free_data(void *dataptr)

       cc file.c -lcares

DESCRIPTION
       The ares_free_data(3) function frees one or more data structures
       allocated and returned by several c-ares functions. Specifically the
       data returned by the following list of functions must be deallocated
       using this function.

       ares_get_servers(3)
            When used to free the data returned by ares_get_servers(3) this
            will free the whole linked list of ares_addr_node structures
            returned by ares_get_servers(3).

       ares_parse_srv_reply(3)
            When used to free the data returned by ares_parse_srv_reply(3)
            this will free the whole linked list of ares_srv_reply structures
            returned by ares_parse_srv_reply(3), along with any additional
            storage associated with those structures.

       ares_parse_mx_reply(3)
            When used to free the data returned by ares_parse_mx_reply(3) this
            will free the whole linked list of ares_mx_reply structures
            returned by ares_parse_mx_reply(3), along with any additional
            storage associated with those structures.

       ares_parse_txt_reply(3)
            When used to free the data returned by ares_parse_txt_reply(3)
            this will free the whole linked list of ares_txt_reply structures
            returned by ares_parse_txt_reply(3), along with any additional
            storage associated with those structures.

       ares_parse_soa_reply(3)
            When used to free the data returned by ares_parse_soa_reply(3)
            this will free the ares_soa_reply structure, along with any
            additional storage associated with those structure.

RETURN VALUE
       The ares_free_data() function does not return a value.

AVAILABILITY
       This function was first introduced in c-ares version 1.7.0.

SEE ALSO
       ares_get_servers(3), ares_parse_srv_reply(3), ares_parse_mx_reply(3),
       ares_parse_txt_reply(3), ares_parse_soa_reply(3)

AUTHOR
       Yang Tse

       Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
       Copyright (C) 2004-2010 by Daniel Stenberg.

                                 5 March 2010                ARES_FREE_DATA(3)