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ARES_PARSE_NS_REPLY(3)	    Library Functions Manual	  ARES_PARSE_NS_REPLY(3)

NAME
     ares_parse_ns_reply  -  Parse a reply to a DNS query of type NS into a hos-
     tent

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 responsi-
     bility 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)

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