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"LWRES_GAI_STRERROR" 3 "Jun 30, 2000" "" ""
NAME
lwres_gai_strerror - print suitable error string
"SYNOPSIS"
#include <lwres/netdb.h>

22 char * gai_strerror (int ecode);

"DESCRIPTION"

lwres_gai_strerror() returns an error message corresponding to an error code returned by getaddrinfo(). The following error codes and their meaning are defined in include/lwres/netdb.h.

EAI_ADDRFAMILY address family for hostname not supported

EAI_AGAIN temporary failure in name resolution

EAI_BADFLAGS invalid value for ai_flags

EAI_FAIL non-recoverable failure in name resolution

EAI_FAMILY ai_family not supported

EAI_MEMORY memory allocation failure

EAI_NODATA no address associated with hostname

EAI_NONAME hostname or servname not provided, or not known

EAI_SERVICE servname not supported for ai_socktype

EAI_SOCKTYPE ai_socktype not supported

EAI_SYSTEM system error returned in errno The message invalid error code is returned if ecode is out of range.

ai_flags, ai_family and ai_socktype are elements of the struct addrinfo used by lwres_getaddrinfo().

"SEE ALSO"

strerror(3), lwres_getaddrinfo(3), getaddrinfo(3), RFC2133().