ARES_PARSE_NS_REPLY(3) Introduction to Library Functions
NAME
ares_parse_ns_reply - Parse a reply to a DNS query of type NS into a
hostent
SYNOPSIS
#include <ares.h>
int ares_parse_ns_reply(const unsigned char *
abuf, int
alen,
struct hostent **
host);
DESCRIPTION
The
ares_parse_ns_reply function parses the response to a query of
type NS 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. The
nameservers are stored into the
aliases field of the
host structure.
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_ns_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_query(3),
ares_free_hostent(3) 10 February 2007 ARES_PARSE_NS_REPLY(3)
