-.\" $Id$
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.\" Copyright 1998 by Daniel Stenberg
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-.TH ARES_GETSOCK 3 "22 December 2005"
+.TH ARES_GETSOCK 3 "11 March 2010"
.SH NAME
-ares_getsock \- get file descriptors to wait on
+ares_getsock \- get socket descriptors to wait on
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <ares.h>
.PP
-.B int ares_getsock(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP, int *\fIsocks\fP,
+.B int ares_getsock(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP, ares_socket_t *\fIsocks\fP,
.B int \fInumsocks\fP);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B ares_getsock
-function retrieves the set of file descriptors which the calling
+function retrieves the set of socket descriptors which the calling
application should wait on for reading and/or writing for the
processing of name service queries pending on the name service channel
identified by
.IR channel .
-File descriptors will be set in the integer array pointed to by
+Socket descriptors will be set in the socket descriptor array pointed to by
\fIsocks\fP.
\fInumsocks\fP is the size of the given array in number of ints.