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p>lwres_gai_strerror — print suitable error string</
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1117N/A<
b class="fsfunc">gai_strerror</
b>(</
code>int <
var class="pdparam">ecode</
var><
code>)</
code>;</
p>
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h2>DESCRIPTION</
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p><
code class="function">lwres_gai_strerror()</
code>
1117N/A returns an error message corresponding to an error code returned by
1117N/A <
code class="function">getaddrinfo()</
code>.
1117N/A The following error codes and their meaning are defined in
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dl>
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dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_ADDRFAMILY</
span></
span></
dt>
1117N/A address family for hostname not supported
1117N/A<
dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_AGAIN</
span></
span></
dt>
1117N/A temporary failure in name resolution
1117N/A<
dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_BADFLAGS</
span></
span></
dt>
1117N/A <
code class="constant">ai_flags</
code>
1117N/A<
dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_FAIL</
span></
span></
dt>
1117N/A non-recoverable failure in name resolution
1117N/A<
dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_FAMILY</
span></
span></
dt>
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dd><
p><
code class="constant">ai_family</
code> not supported
1117N/A<
dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_MEMORY</
span></
span></
dt>
1117N/A<
dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_NODATA</
span></
span></
dt>
1117N/A no address associated with hostname
1117N/A<
dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_NONAME</
span></
span></
dt>
1117N/A hostname or servname not provided, or not known
1117N/A<
dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_SERVICE</
span></
span></
dt>
1117N/A servname not supported for <
code class="constant">ai_socktype</
code>
1117N/A<
dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_SOCKTYPE</
span></
span></
dt>
1117N/A<
dd><
p><
code class="constant">ai_socktype</
code> not supported
1117N/A<
dt><
span class="term"><
span class="errorcode">EAI_SYSTEM</
span></
span></
dt>
1117N/A system error returned in errno
1117N/A The message <
span class="errorname">invalid error code</
span> is returned if
1117N/A <
em class="parameter"><
code>ecode</
code></
em>
1117N/A<
p><
code class="constant">ai_flags</
code>,
1117N/A <
code class="constant">ai_family</
code>
1117N/A <
code class="constant">ai_socktype</
code>
<
span class="type">struct addrinfo</
span>
<
code class="function">lwres_getaddrinfo()</
code>.
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h2>SEE ALSO</
h2>
<
p><
span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">strerror</
span>(3)</
span>,
<
span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">lwres_getaddrinfo</
span>(3)</
span>,
<
span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">getaddrinfo</
span>(3)</
span>,
<
span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">RFC2133</
span></
span>.