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ARES_SET_SERVERS(3)	    Library Functions Manual	     ARES_SET_SERVERS(3)

NAME
     ares_set_servers,	ares_set_servers_ports - Initialize name server configu-
     ration for an ares channel. (deprecated)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <ares.h>

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

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

DESCRIPTION
     The ares_set_servers(3) function initializes name servers configuration for
     the channel data identified by channel, from a servers pointer to a  linked
     list of ares_addr_node structs holding name servers address data.

     The  name server linked list pointer argument may be the result of a previ-
     ous call to ares_get_servers(3) or a linked list of ares_addr_node  structs
     set up by other means.

     The ares_set_servers_ports(3) function also allows the specification of UDP
     and TCP ports to be used for communication on a per-server basis.	The pro-
     vided  linked  list  argument  may  be  the  result  of  a previous call to
     ares_get_servers_ports(3) or a linked list of  ares_addr_port_node  structs
     set up by other means.

     This  function  replaces any potentially previously configured name servers
     with the ones given in the linked list. So, in order to configure a channel
     with more than one name server all the desired ones must be specified in  a
     single list. Though not recommended, passing NULL will clear all configured
     servers  and  make an inoperable channel, this may be advantageous for test
     simulation but unlikely to be useful in production.

     The function does not take ownership of  the  linked  list  argument.   The
     caller is responsible for freeing the linked list when no longer needed.

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

     As of v1.22.0 this function can be called on an active channel with running
     queries, previously it would return ARES_ENOTIMP.

RETURN VALUES
     ares_set_servers(3) may return any of the following values:

     ARES_SUCCESS   The name servers configuration was successfully initialized.

     ARES_ENOMEM    The process's available memory was exhausted.

     ARES_ENODATA   The channel data identified by channel was invalid.

     ARES_ENOTINITIALIZED
		    c-ares library initialization not yet performed.

SEE ALSO
     ares_set_servers_csv(3),	  ares_get_servers(3),	   ares_init_options(3),
     ares_dup(3)

NOTES
     Deprecated functions as of c-ares 1.24.0 due to inability to set all avail-
     able server options.  Use ares_set_servers_csv(3).

AVAILABILITY
     ares_set_servers(3) was added in  c-ares  1.7.1;  ares_set_servers_ports(3)
     was added in c-ares 1.11.0.

				  5 March 2010		     ARES_SET_SERVERS(3)

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