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.TH ARES_DUP 3 "26 May 2009"

.SH NAME

ares_dup \- Duplicate a resolver channel

.SH SYNOPSIS

.nf

.B #include <ares.h>

.PP

.B int ares_dup(ares_channel *\fIdest\fP, ares_channel \fIsource\fP)

.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION

The \fBares_dup(3)\fP function duplicates an existing communications channel

for name service lookups.  If it returns successfully, \fBares_dup(3)\fP will

set the variable pointed to by \fIdest\fP to a handle used to identify the

name service channel.  The caller should invoke \fIares_destroy(3)\fP on the

handle when the channel is no longer needed.

.SH SEE ALSO

.BR ares_destroy(3),

.BR ares_init(3),

.BR ares_library_init(3)

.SH AVAILABILITY

\fIares_dup(3)\fP was added in c-ares 1.6.0

.SH AUTHOR

Daniel Stenberg