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LWRES_GAI_STRERROR

NAME

SYNOPSIS

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.

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