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ares_set_servers_csv, ares_set_servers_ports_csv - Set list of DNS servers to be used.

  #include <ares.h>

  int ares_set_servers_csv(ares_channel channel, const char* servers)
  int ares_set_servers_ports_csv(ares_channel channel, const char* servers)

The ares_set_servers_csv and *ares_set_servers_ports_csv*functions set the list of DNS servers that ARES will query. The format of the servers option is:

host[:port][,host[:port]]…

For example:

192.168.1.100,192.168.1.101,3.4.5.6

The ares_set_servers_csv function will ignore any port values specified in the input string, whereare the ares_set_servers_ports_csv function will apply any specified port values as the UDP and TCP port to be used for that particular nameserver.

ares_set_servers_csv(3) This function may return any of the following values:

ARES_SUCCESS

The name servers configuration was successfully initialized.

ARES_ENOMEM

The process’s available memory was exhausted.

ARES_ENODATA

The channel data identified by channel was invalid.

ARES_ENOTINITIALIZED

c-ares library initialization not yet performed.

ARES_ENOTIMP

Changing name servers configuration while queries are outstanding is not implemented.

*ares_set_servers*(3)

ares_set_servers_csv was added in c-ares 1.7.2; ares_set_servers_ports_csv was added in c-ares 1.11.0.

Ben Greear