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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Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Internet Software Consortium.
BIND9 Jun 30, 2000 LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)
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GAI_STRERROR(3) BSD Library Functions Manual GAI_STRERROR(3)NAME
gai_strerror -- get error message string from EAI_xxx error code
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netdb.h>
const char *
gai_strerror(int ecode);
DESCRIPTION
The gai_strerror() function returns an error message string corresponding to the error code returned by getaddrinfo(3) or getnameinfo(3).
The following error codes and their meaning are defined in <netdb.h>:
EAI_AGAIN temporary failure in name resolution
EAI_BADFLAGS invalid value for ai_flags
EAI_BADHINTS invalid value for hints
EAI_FAIL non-recoverable failure in name resolution
EAI_FAMILY ai_family not supported
EAI_MEMORY memory allocation failure
EAI_NONAME hostname or servname not provided, or not known
EAI_OVERFLOW argument buffer overflow
EAI_PROTOCOL resolved protocol is unknown
EAI_SERVICE servname not supported for ai_socktype
EAI_SOCKTYPE ai_socktype not supported
EAI_SYSTEM system error returned in errno
RETURN VALUES
The gai_strerror() function returns a pointer to the error message string corresponding to ecode. If ecode is out of range, an implementa-
tion-specific error message string is returned.
SEE ALSO getaddrinfo(3), getnameinfo(3)BSD May 21, 2006 BSD
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