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error_c_text(3ncs) [ultrix man page]

error_c_text(3ncs)														error_c_text(3ncs)

Name
       error_c_text - return an error message for a status code

Syntax
       void error_$c_text(status, message, messagemax)
       status_$t status;
       char *message;
       int messagemax;

Arguments
       status	      A status code in status_$t format.

       message	      A character string.  The error message represented by the status code.

       messagemax     The maximum number of bytes to be returned in message.

Description
       The  routine  returns a null terminated error message for reporting the completion status of a routine.	The error message is composed from
       predefined text strings that describe the subsystem, the module, and the error represented by the status  code.	 See  the  reference  page
       which lists all of the possible diagnostics that could be returned in

Files
See Also
       intro(3ncs)

																error_c_text(3ncs)

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socket_to_name(3ncs)													      socket_to_name(3ncs)

Name
       socket_to_name - convert a socket address to a name and port number

Syntax
       #include <idl/c/socket.h>

       void socket_$to_name(sockaddr, slength, name, nlength, port, status)
       socket_$addr_t *sockaddr;
       unsigned long slength;
       socket_$string_t name;
       unsigned long *nlength;
       unsigned long *port;
       status_$t *status;

Arguments
       sockaddr 	   A socket address.  The socket address is the structure returned by either or

       slength		   The length, in bytes, of sockaddr.

       name		   A  string in the format family:host[port], where family is the address family and host is the host name; host may be in
			   the standard numeric form (for example, #192.1.2.3) if a textual host name cannot be obtained.  Currently, only  ip	is
			   supported for family.

       nlength		   On input, the maximum length, in bytes, of the name to be returned.	On output, the actual length of the name returned.

       port		   The port number.

       status		   The	completion status. If the completion status returned in is equal to status_$ok , then the routine that supplied it
			   was successful.

Description
       The routine converts a socket address to a textual address family, host name, and port number.

Files
See Also
       intro(3ncs), socket_family_to_name(3ncs), socket_from_name(3ncs), socket_to_numeric_name(3ncs)

															      socket_to_name(3ncs)
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