NAME

       ares_destroy - Destroy a resolver channel

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ares.h>

       void ares_destroy(ares_channel_t *channel)

DESCRIPTION

       The  ares_destroy(3)  function  destroys  the  name service channel identified by channel,
       freeing all memory and closing all sockets used by the channel.

       ares_destroy(3) invokes the callbacks for each pending query on  the  channel,  passing  a
       status of ARES_EDESTRUCTION. These calls give the callbacks a chance to clean up any state
       which might have been stored in their arguments. A callback must not add new requests to a
       channel being destroyed.

       There  is  no  ability  to make this function thread-safe.  No additional calls using this
       channel may be made once this function is called.

SEE ALSO

       ares_init(3), ares_cancel(3), ares_threadsafety(3)

AUTHOR

       Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
       Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

                                         7 December 2004                          ARES_DESTROY(3)