NAME

       ares_parse_soa_reply - Parse a reply to a DNS query of type SOA

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ares.h>

       int ares_parse_soa_reply(const unsigned char* abuf, int alen,
                      struct ares_soa_reply** soa_out);

DESCRIPTION

       The  ares_parse_soa_reply  function  parses  the  response  to  a query of type SOA into a
       struct ares_soa_reply.  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 soa_out.  It is the caller's responsibility to free  the  resulting  soa_out
       structure when it is no longer needed using the function ares_free_data

       The structure ares_soa_reply contains the following fields:

           struct ares_soa_reply {
                char *nsname;
                char *hostmaster;
                unsigned int serial;
                unsigned int refresh;
                unsigned int retry;
                unsigned int expire;
                unsigned int minttl;
           };

RETURN VALUES

       ares_parse_soa_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.

AVAILABILITY

       This function was first introduced in c-ares version 1.9.0.

SEE ALSO

       ares_query(3) ares_free_data(3)

                                           29 May 2012                    ARES_PARSE_SOA_REPLY(3)