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.\" $Id: lwres_gai_strerror.3,v 1.13.2.2 2004/03/15 04:45:01 marka Exp $
.\"
.TH "LWRES_GAI_STRERROR" "3" "Jun 30, 2000" "BIND9" ""
.SH NAME
gai_strerror \- print suitable error string
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <lwres/netdb.h>
.sp
.na
char *
gai_strerror(int ecode);
.ad
\fR
.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
\fBEAI_ADDRFAMILY\fR
address family for hostname not supported
.TP
\fBEAI_AGAIN\fR
temporary failure in name resolution
.TP
\fBEAI_BADFLAGS\fR
invalid value for
ai_flags
.TP
\fBEAI_FAIL\fR
non-recoverable failure in name resolution
.TP
\fBEAI_FAMILY\fR
ai_family not supported
.TP
\fBEAI_MEMORY\fR
memory allocation failure
.TP
\fBEAI_NODATA\fR
no address associated with hostname
.TP
\fBEAI_NONAME\fR
hostname or servname not provided, or not known
.TP
\fBEAI_SERVICE\fR
servname not supported for ai_socktype
.TP
\fBEAI_SOCKTYPE\fR
ai_socktype not supported
.TP
\fBEAI_SYSTEM\fR
system error returned in errno
.PP
The message \fBinvalid error code\fR is returned if
\fIecode\fR
is out of range.
.PP
ai_flags,
ai_family
and
ai_socktype
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.