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27 .Nd get error message string from EAI_xxx error code
33 .Fn gai_strerror "int ecode"
37 function returns an error message string corresponding to the error code
43 The following error codes and their meaning are defined in
46 .Bl -tag -width ".Dv EAI_ADDRFAMILY" -offset indent -compact
52 temporary failure in name resolution
60 non-recoverable failure in name resolution
65 memory allocation failure
67 no address associated with
73 not provided, or not known
75 argument buffer overflow
77 resolved protocol is unknown
86 system error returned in
93 returns a pointer to the error message string corresponding to
97 is out of range, an implementation-specific error message string is returned.