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GAI_STRERROR(3)       DragonFly Library Functions Manual       GAI_STRERROR(3)

NAME
     gai_strerror -- get error message string from EAI_xxx error code

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/socket.h>
     #include <netdb.h>

     const char *
     gai_strerror(int ecode);

DESCRIPTION
     The gai_strerror() function returns an error message string corresponding
     to the error code returned by getaddrinfo(3) or getnameinfo(3).

     The following error codes and their meaning are defined in <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_BADHINTS    invalid value for hints
           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_OVERFLOW    argument buffer overflow
           EAI_PROTOCOL    resolved protocol is unknown
           EAI_SERVICE     servname not supported for ai_socktype
           EAI_SOCKTYPE    ai_socktype not supported
           EAI_SYSTEM      system error returned in errno

RETURN VALUES
     The gai_strerror() function returns a pointer to the error message string
     corresponding to ecode.  If ecode is out of range, an implementation-spe-
     cific error message string is returned.

SEE ALSO
     getaddrinfo(3), getnameinfo(3)

DragonFly 3.5                   October 4, 2008                  DragonFly 3.5