ARES_GETSOCK(3)        FreeBSD Library Functions Manual        ARES_GETSOCK(3)

NAME
       ares_getsock - get socket descriptors to wait on

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ares.h>

       int ares_getsock(ares_channel channel, ares_socket_t *socks,
       int numsocks);

DESCRIPTION
       The ares_getsock function retrieves the set of socket descriptors which
       the calling application should wait on for reading and/or writing for
       the processing of name service queries pending on the name service
       channel identified by channel.  Socket descriptors will be set in the
       socket descriptor array pointed to by socks.  numsocks is the size of
       the given array in number of ints.

       This function can only return information about up to 16 sockets. If
       more are in use (however unlikely that is), they are simply not
       reported back.

RETURN VALUES
       ares_getsock returns a bitmask for what actions to wait for on the
       different sockets. The ares.h header file provides these convenience
       macros to extract the information appropriately:

       #define ARES_GETSOCK_MAXNUM 16 /* ares_getsock() can return info about
                                         this many sockets */
       #define ARES_GETSOCK_READABLE(bits,num) (bits & (1<< (num)))
       #define ARES_GETSOCK_WRITABLE(bits,num) (bits & (1 << ((num) +                                          ARES_GETSOCK_MAXNUM)))

NOTES
       This function was added in c-ares 1.3.1

SEE ALSO
       ares_timeout(3), ares_fds(3), ares_process(3)

                                 11 March 2010                 ARES_GETSOCK(3)