freehostent(3)

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freehostent(3)
NAME
  freehostent - Returns hostent structures and dynamic storage to the system

LIBRARY
  Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS
  #include <netdb.h>

  void freehostent (
      struct hostent *ptr);

PARAMETERS
  ptr	    Specifies a pointer to the hostent structure to be freed.
	    database.

DESCRIPTION
  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.

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

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