LWRES_GAI_STRERRORSection: (3)Updated: Jun 30, 2000 |
NAME
gai_strerror - print suitable error stringSYNOPSIS
#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.