lwres_gai_strerror (3) - Linux Manuals

lwres_gai_strerror: print suitable error string

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().

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2004, 2005, 2007 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
Copyright © 2000, 2001 Internet Software Consortium.

SEE ALSO

strerror(3), lwres_getaddrinfo(3), getaddrinfo(3), RFC2133().

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