LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)

NAME
lwres_gai_strerror - print suitable error string

SYNOPSIS

#include <lwres/netdb.h>

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().

AUTHOR

Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.

COPYRIGHT
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