Module Name: src
Committed By: christos
Date: Sun Dec 18 17:34:36 UTC 2016
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/net: resolver.3
Log Message:
clarify res_nclose and res_ndestroy.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.30 -r1.31 src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3
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Index: src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3:1.30 src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3:1.31
--- src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3:1.30 Fri Jan 22 05:58:39 2016
+++ src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3 Sun Dec 18 12:34:36 2016
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: resolver.3,v 1.30 2016/01/22 10:58:39 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: resolver.3,v 1.31 2016/12/18 17:34:36 christos Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 2004 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" @(#)resolver.3 6.5 (Berkeley) 6/23/90
.\" Id: resolver.man3,v 1.2 2009/01/21 00:12:34 each Exp
.\"
-.Dd January 22, 2016
+.Dd December 18, 2016
.Dt RESOLVER 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -611,10 +611,16 @@ The functions
.Fn res_nclose
/
.Fn res_close
-close any open files referenced through
+close any open socket file descriptors referenced through
.Fa statp
/
.Fa _res .
+These functions were designed to be used to emulate
+.Xr endhostent 3 ,
+and don't release other resources held in
+.Ft res_state ;
+to free all_resources, call
+.Fn res_ndestroy .
.Pp
The function
.Fn res_ndestroy
