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diff --git a/ares_destroy.3 b/ares_destroy.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7ed21e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/ares_destroy.3 @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +.\" $Id$ +.\" +.\" Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this +.\" software and its documentation for any purpose and without +.\" fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright +.\" notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright +.\" notice and this permission notice appear in supporting +.\" documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in +.\" advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the +.\" software without specific, written prior permission. +.\" M.I.T. makes no representations about the suitability of +.\" this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" +.\" without express or implied warranty. +.\" +.TH ARES_DESTROY 3 "23 July 1998" +.SH NAME +ares_destroy \- Destroy a resolver channel +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <ares.h> +.PP +.B int ares_destroy(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP) +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B ares_destroy +function destroys the name service channel identified by +.IR channel , +freeing all memory and closing all sockets used by the channel. +.B ares_destroy +invokes the callbacks for each pending query on the channel, passing a +status of +.BR ARES_EDESTRUCTION . +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) +.SH AUTHOR +Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems +.br +Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |