ares_set_local_ip4(3)

Set local IPv4 address outgoing requests.

Section 3 libc-ares-dev bookworm source

Description

ARES_SET_LOCAL_IP4

NAME

ares_set_local_ip4 - Set local IPv4 address outgoing requests.

SYNOPSIS

#include <ares.h>

void ares_set_local_ip4(ares_channel channel, unsigned int local_ip)

DESCRIPTION

The ares_set_local_ip4 function sets the IP address for outbound requests. The parameter local_ip is specified in host byte order. This allows users to specify outbound interfaces when used on multi-homed systems.

NOTES

This function was added in c-ares 1.7.4

AUTHOR

Ben Greear