lwres_gai_strerror

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LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)					LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)



NAME
       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.



BIND9				 Jun 30, 2000		LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)