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ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refentry>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refentryinfo>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<date>Jun 30, 2000</date>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</refentryinfo>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refmeta>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refentrytitle>lwres_gai_strerror</refentrytitle>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</refmeta>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refnamediv>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refname>gai_strerror</refname>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refpurpose>print suitable error string</refpurpose>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</refnamediv>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refsynopsisdiv>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<funcsynopsis>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;lwres/netdb.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<funcprototype>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<funcdef>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonchar *
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<function>gai_strerror</function></funcdef>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<paramdef>int ecode</paramdef>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</funcprototype>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</funcsynopsis>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</refsynopsisdiv>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refsect1>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<function>lwres_gai_strerror()</function>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonreturns an error message corresponding to an error code returned by
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<function>getaddrinfo()</function>.
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas GustafssonThe following error codes and their meaning are defined in
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<filename>include/lwres/netdb.h</filename>.
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<variablelist>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_ADDRFAMILY</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonaddress family for hostname not supported
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_AGAIN</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssontemporary failure in name resolution
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_BADFLAGS</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssoninvalid value for
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<constant>ai_flags</constant>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_FAIL</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonnon-recoverable failure in name resolution
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_FAMILY</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<constant>ai_family</constant>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonnot supported
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_MEMORY</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonmemory allocation failure
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_NODATA</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonno address associated with hostname
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_NONAME</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonhostname or servname not provided, or not known
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_SERVICE</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonservname not supported for
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<constant>ai_socktype</constant>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_SOCKTYPE</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<constant>ai_socktype</constant>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonnot supported
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<varlistentry><term><errorcode>EAI_SYSTEM</errorcode></term>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonsystem error returned in errno
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</listitem>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</variablelist>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas GustafssonThe message <errorname>invalid error code</errorname> is returned if
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<parameter>ecode</parameter>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonis out of range.
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<constant>ai_flags</constant>,
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<constant>ai_family</constant>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonand
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<constant>ai_socktype</constant>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonare elements of the
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<type>struct addrinfo</type>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonused by
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<function>lwres_getaddrinfo()</function>.
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</refsect1>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refsect1>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<title>SEE ALSO</title>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<citerefentry>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refentrytitle>strerror</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</citerefentry>,
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<citerefentry>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refentrytitle>lwres_getaddrinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</citerefentry>,
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<citerefentry>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refentrytitle>getaddrinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</citerefentry>,
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<citerefentry>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<refentrytitle>RFC2133</refentrytitle>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</citerefentry>.
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</para>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</refsect1>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson</refentry>