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LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)                BIND9               LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)


NAME

       lwres_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().


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2007, 2014 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
       ("ISC")
       Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Internet Software Consortium.

BIND9                            June 18, 2007           LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)

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