ares_cancel(3) - Linux man page

Name

ares_cancel - Cancel a resolve

Synopsis

#include <ares.h>void ares_cancel(ares_channel channel)

Description

The ares_cancel function cancels all lookups/requests made on the the name service channel identified by channel. ares_cancel invokes the callbacks for each pending query on the channel, passing a status of ARES_ECANCELLED. These calls give the callbacks a chance to clean up any state which might have been stored in their arguments.

See Also

ares_init(3) ares_destroy(3)

Notes

This function

was added in c-ares 1.2.0

c-ares 1.6.0 and earlier pass a status of ARES_ETIMEOUT instead of ARES_ECANCELLED.

Author

Dirk Manske

Referenced By

ares_gethostbyaddr(3), ares_gethostbyname(3), ares_getnameinfo(3), ares_library_cleanup(3)