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)

AUTHOR

       Written by Vlad Dinulescu <vlad.dinulescu@avira.com>, on behalf of AVIRA Gmbh http://www.avira.com

                                                10 February 2007                          ARES_PARSE_NS_REPLY(3)