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| ARES_PARSE_A_REPLY(3) | FreeBSD Library Functions Manual | ARES_PARSE_A_REPLY(3) |
NAME
ares_parse_a_reply - Parse a reply to a DNS query of type A into a hostentSYNOPSIS
#include <ares.h>
int ares_parse_a_reply(const unsigned char *abuf, int alen, struct hostent **host);
DESCRIPTION
The ares_parse_a_reply function parses the response to a query of type A into a struct hostent. The parameters abuf and alen give the contents of the response. The result is stored in allocated memory and a pointer to it stored into the variable pointed to by host. It is the caller's responsibility to free the resulting host structure using ares_free_hostent(3) when it is no longer needed.RETURN VALUES
ares_parse_a_reply can return any of the following values:- ARES_SUCCESS
- The response was successfully parsed.
- ARES_EBADRESP
- The response was malformatted.
- ARES_ENODATA
- The response did not contain an answer to the query.
- ARES_ENOMEM
- Memory was exhausted.
SEE ALSO
ares_gethostbyname(3), ares_free_hostent(3)AUTHOR
Greg Hudson, MIT Information SystemsCopyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
| 25 July 1998 |
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