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freehostent(3)
NAME
  freehostent - Return hostent structures and dynamic storage to the system

SYNOPSIS
  #include <netdb.h>

  void freehostent(
	  struct hostent *ptr );

LIBRARY
  Standard C Library (libc)

PARAMETERS
  ptr 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() functions
  only.

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

  Network Programmer's Guide

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