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diff --git a/ares/ares_free_data.3 b/ares/ares_free_data.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 2cb1f1442..000000000 --- a/ares/ares_free_data.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -.\" $Id$ -.\" -.\" Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. -.\" Copyright (C) 2004-2010 by Daniel Stenberg -.\" -.\" 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_FREE_DATA 3 "5 March 2010" -.SH NAME -ares_free_data \- Free data allocated by several c-ares functions -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <ares.h> -.PP -.B void ares_free_data(void *\fIdataptr\fP) -.PP -.B cc file.c -lcares -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -.PP -The -.B ares_free_data(3) -function frees one or more data structures allocated and returned -by several c-ares functions. Specifically the data returned by the -following list of functions must be deallocated using this function. -.TP 5 -.B ares_get_servers(3) -When used to free the data returned by ares_get_servers(3) this -will free the whole linked list of ares_addr_node structures returned -by ares_get_servers(3). -.TP -.B ares_parse_srv_reply(3) -When used to free the data returned by ares_parse_srv_reply(3) this -will free the whole linked list of ares_srv_reply structures returned -by ares_parse_srv_reply(3), along with any additional storage -associated with those structures. -.TP -.B ares_parse_txt_reply(3) -When used to free the data returned by ares_parse_txt_reply(3) this -will free the whole linked list of ares_txt_reply structures returned -by ares_parse_txt_reply(3), along with any additional storage -associated with those structures. -.SH RETURN VALUE -The ares_free_data() function does not return a value. -.SH AVAILABILITY -This function was first introduced in c-ares version 1.7.0. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR ares_get_servers(3), -.BR ares_parse_srv_reply(3), -.BR ares_parse_txt_reply(3) -.SH AUTHOR -Yang Tse -.PP -Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. -.br -Copyright (C) 2004-2010 by Daniel Stenberg. |