NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       freehostent  - Return hostent structures and dynamic storage
 to the system

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <netdb.h>

       void freehostent(
               struct hostent *ptr );

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

       Standard C Library (libc)

PARAMETERS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Specifies a pointer to the hostent structure to be  freed.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  freehostent()  function  frees hostent structures and
       dynamic memory to the system.  You should use this  return
       to  free  hostent  structures  that  were  returned by the
       getipnodebyname() and getipnodebyaddr() functions only.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Functions: getipnodebyaddr(3), getipnodebyname(3).

       Network Programmer's Guide



                                                   freehostent(3)