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17 .TH ARES_DESTROY 3 "7 December 2004"
19 ares_destroy \- Destroy a resolver channel
24 .B void ares_destroy(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP)
29 function destroys the name service channel identified by
31 freeing all memory and closing all sockets used by the channel.
33 invokes the callbacks for each pending query on the channel, passing a
35 .BR ARES_EDESTRUCTION .
36 These calls give the callbacks a chance to clean up any state which
37 might have been stored in their arguments.
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