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ARES_GET_SERVERS(3)	    Library Functions Manual	     ARES_GET_SERVERS(3)

NAME
     ares_get_servers,	ares_get_servers_ports	-  Retrieve name servers from an
     initialized ares_channel (deprecated)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <ares.h>

     int ares_get_servers(const ares_channel_t *channel,
			  struct ares_addr_node **servers)

     int ares_get_servers_ports(const ares_channel_t *channel,
				struct ares_addr_port_node **servers)

DESCRIPTION
     The ares_get_servers(3) function retrieves name servers configuration  from
     the  channel data identified by channel, as a linked list of ares_addr_node
     structs storing a pointer to the first node at  the  address  specified  by
     servers.

     The  ares_get_servers_ports(3)  function also retrieves any per-server port
     information that may have been previously configured,  returning  a  linked
     list of ares_addr_port structures.

     Function  caller  may traverse the returned name server linked list, or may
     use  it  directly	as  suitable  input  for   the	 ares_set_servers(3)   /
     ares_set_servers_ports(3)	functions,  but  shall	not shrink or extend the
     list on its own.

     Each node of the name server linked list is stored  in  memory  dynamically
     allocated	and managed by c-ares. It is the caller's responsibility to free
     the resulting linked list, using ares_free_data(3) , once the  caller  does
     not need it any longer.

     This  function  is  capable of handling IPv4 and IPv6 name server addresses
     simultaneously,	 rendering     ares_save_options(3)	with	 optmask
     ARES_OPT_SERVERS functionally obsolete except for IPv4-only name server us-
     age.

RETURN VALUES
     This function may return any of the following values:

     ARES_SUCCESS   The name servers configuration was successfully retrieved

     ARES_ENOMEM    The memory was exhausted

     ARES_ENODATA   The channel data identified by channel was invalid.

SEE ALSO
     ares_set_servers(3), ares_init_options(3), ares_save_options(3)

AVAILABILITY
     ares_get_servers(3)  was  added  in c-ares 1.7.1; ares_get_servers_ports(3)
     was added in c-ares 1.11.0.

NOTES
     As of c-ares 1.24, these functions are deprecated	due  to  their	lack  of
     ability	to    store    the    entire	server	  configuration.     Use
     ares_get_servers_csv(3).

				  5 March 2010		     ARES_GET_SERVERS(3)

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