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16 .TH ARES_VERSION 3 "29 January 2004"
18 ares_version \- Get the version number of the library
23 .B const char *ares_version(int *\fIversion\fP)
28 function gets the library version as a string and optionally as an integer
31 argument. If you pass a NULL, no integer is attempted to be returned.
33 The integer is built up as 24bit number, with 8 separate bits used for major
34 number, minor number and patch number. This makes a version string such as
35 1.2.3 will be returned as the hexadecimal number 0x010203 (decimal 66051).
37 This function is not compatible with ares.