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LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3) BIND9 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().

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June 30, 2000 BIND9