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freehostent(3)							freehostent(3)

NAME
       freehostent - Return hostent structures and dynamic storage to the sys‐
       tem

SYNOPSIS
       #include <netdb.h>

       void freehostent(
	       struct hostent *ptr );

LIBRARY
       Standard C Library (libc)

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

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() func‐
       tions only.

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

       Network Programmer's Guide

								freehostent(3)
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