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Title: lwres_gai_strerror
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"NAME"
lwres_gai_strerror - print suitable error string
"SYNOPSIS"
#include <lwres/netdb.h>

20 "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().

"COPYRIGHT"
Copyright \(co 2004, 2005, 2007 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")

Copyright \(co 2000, 2001 Internet Software Consortium.