lwres_gai_strerror

LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)                                    LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)



NAME
       gai_strerror - print suitable error string

SYNOPSIS
       #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.



BIND9                            Jun 30, 2000            LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)