Ok.
So i did res_init() and it did work fine, impatient me!

-Nish

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:05 PM, nishant kumar <nishantkumar05_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> As per Man page:
> ----------------------------------------------------
> CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT
>
> Pass a long, this sets the timeout in seconds. Name resolves will be
> kept in memory for this number of seconds. Set to zero to completely
> disable caching, or set to -1 to make the cached entries remain
> forever. By default, libcurl caches this info for 60 seconds.
>
> -->>>The name resolve functions of various libc implementations don't
> re-read name server information unless explicitly told so (for
> example, by calling res_init(3)). This may cause libcurl to keep using
> the older server even if DHCP has updated the server info, and this
> may look like a DNS cache issue to the casual libcurl-app user. <<<---
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I am stuck into a situation where during some download my internet
> connection changes which updates /etc/resolv.conf and i get error
> CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST. Question is how do i get away with this?
> I cannot restart the application sadly. i have set timeout to be 0,
> essentially disabling the dns cache.i am using multi interface.
>
> Thanks
> Nish
>

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