Man Pages in libc-ares-dev

Section 3: Library calls

ares_cancel.3

Cancel a resolve

ares_create_query.3

Compose a single-question dns query buffer

ares_destroy.3

Destroy a resolver channel

ares_destroy_options.3

Destroy options initialized with ares_save_options

ares_dup.3

Duplicate a resolver channel

ares_expand_name.3

Expand a dns-encoded domain name

ares_expand_string.3

Expand a length encoded string

ares_fds.3

Get file descriptors to select on for name service

ares_free_data.3

Free data allocated by several c-ares functions

ares_free_hostent.3

Free host structure allocated by ares functions

ares_free_string.3

Free strings allocated by ares functions

ares_get_servers.3

Retrieve name servers from an initialized ares_channel

ares_gethostbyaddr.3

Initiate a host query by address

ares_gethostbyname.3

Initiate a host query by name

ares_gethostbyname_file.3

Lookup a name in the system's hosts file

ares_getnameinfo.3

Address-to-nodename translation in protocol-independent manner

ares_getsock.3

Get socket descriptors to wait on

ares_inet_ntop.3

Convert a network format address to presentation format

ares_inet_pton.3

Convert an ipv4 or ipv6 address from text to binary form

ares_init.3

Initialize a resolver channel

ares_init_options.3

Initialize a resolver channel

ares_library_cleanup.3

C-ares library deinitialization

ares_library_init.3

C-ares library initialization

ares_mkquery.3

Compose a single-question dns query buffer

ares_parse_a_reply.3

Parse a reply to a dns query of type a

ares_parse_aaaa_reply.3

Parse a reply to a dns query of type aaaa

ares_parse_mx_reply.3

Parse a reply to a dns query of type mx

ares_parse_naptr_reply.3

Parse a reply to a dns query of type naptr

ares_parse_ns_reply.3

Parse a reply to a dns query of type ns into a hostent

ares_parse_ptr_reply.3

Parse a reply to a dns query of type ptr into a hostent

ares_parse_soa_reply.3

Parse a reply to a dns query of type soa

ares_parse_srv_reply.3

Parse a reply to a dns query of type srv

ares_parse_txt_reply.3

Parse a reply to a dns query of type txt

ares_process.3

Process events for name resolution

ares_query.3

Initiate a single-question dns query

ares_save_options.3

Save configuration values obtained from initialized ares_channel

ares_search.3

Initiate a dns query with domain search

ares_send.3

Initiate a dns query

ares_set_servers.3

Initialize an ares_channel name servers configuration

ares_set_socket_callback.3

Set a socket creation callback

ares_strerror.3

Get the description of an ares library error code

ares_timeout.3

Return maximum time to wait

ares_version.3

Get the version number of the library