Manpage of LWRES_GAI_STRERROR

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# LWRES_GAI_STRERROR

Section: (3)
Updated: Jun 30, 2000
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## NAME

gai_strerror - print suitable error string

## SYNOPSIS

#include <lwres/netdb.h>

char * gai_strerror(int ecode);

.SH "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.

## Index

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