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.\"     Title: lwres_gai_strerror
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.TH "LWRES_GAI_STRERROR" "3" "Jun 30, 2000" "BIND9" "BIND9"
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.SH "NAME"
gai_strerror \- print suitable error string
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.nf
#include <lwres/netdb.h>
.fi
.HP 20
.BI "char * gai_strerror(int\ ecode);"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBlwres_gai_strerror()\fR
returns an error message corresponding to an error code returned by
\fBgetaddrinfo()\fR. The following error codes and their meaning are defined in
\fIinclude/lwres/netdb.h\fR.
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_ADDRFAMILY\fR
address family for hostname not supported
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_AGAIN\fR
temporary failure in name resolution
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_BADFLAGS\fR
invalid value for
\fBai_flags\fR
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_FAIL\fR
non\-recoverable failure in name resolution
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_FAMILY\fR
\fBai_family\fR
not supported
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_MEMORY\fR
memory allocation failure
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_NODATA\fR
no address associated with hostname
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_NONAME\fR
hostname or servname not provided, or not known
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_SERVICE\fR
servname not supported for
\fBai_socktype\fR
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_SOCKTYPE\fR
\fBai_socktype\fR
not supported
.TP 3n
\fBEAI_SYSTEM\fR
system error returned in errno
The message
invalid error code
is returned if
\fIecode\fR
is out of range.
.PP
\fBai_flags\fR,
\fBai_family\fR
and
\fBai_socktype\fR
are elements of the
\fBstruct addrinfo\fR
used by
\fBlwres_getaddrinfo()\fR.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBstrerror\fR(3),
\fBlwres_getaddrinfo\fR(3),
\fBgetaddrinfo\fR(3),
\fBRFC2133\fR().
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright \(co 2004, 2005 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")