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>lwres_gai_strerror</H1
><DIV
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><A
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><H2
>Name</H2
>gai_strerror -- print suitable error string</DIV
><DIV
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><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><DIV
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><PRE
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>#include <lwres/netdb.h></PRE
><P
><CODE
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCDEF"
>char *
gai_strerror</CODE
>(int ecode);</CODE
></P
><P
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><H2
>DESCRIPTION</H2
><P
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gai_strerror()</CODE
>
returns an error message corresponding to an error code returned by
<CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>getaddrinfo()</CODE
>.
The following error codes and their meaning are defined in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>include/lwres/netdb.h</TT
>.
<P
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><DIV
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><DL
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_ADDRFAMILY</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
>address family for hostname not supported</P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_AGAIN</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
>temporary failure in name resolution</P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_BADFLAGS</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
>invalid value for
<CODE
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>ai_flags</CODE
></P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_FAIL</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
>non-recoverable failure in name resolution</P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_FAMILY</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
><CODE
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>ai_family</CODE
> not supported</P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_MEMORY</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
>memory allocation failure</P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_NODATA</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
>no address associated with hostname</P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_NONAME</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
>hostname or servname not provided, or not known</P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_SERVICE</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
>servname not supported for <CODE
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>ai_socktype</CODE
></P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_SOCKTYPE</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
><CODE
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>ai_socktype</CODE
> not supported</P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAI_SYSTEM</SPAN
></DT
><DD
><P
>system error returned in errno</P
></DD
></DL
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>
The message <SPAN
CLASS="ERRORNAME"
>invalid error code</SPAN
> is returned if
<VAR
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>ecode</VAR
>
is out of range.</P
><P
><CODE
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>ai_flags</CODE
>,
<CODE
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>ai_family</CODE
>
and
<CODE
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>ai_socktype</CODE
>
are elements of the
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>struct addrinfo</SPAN
>
used by
<CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_getaddrinfo()</CODE
>.</P
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><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
><P
><SPAN
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><SPAN
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>strerror</SPAN
>(3)</SPAN
>,
<SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>lwres_getaddrinfo</SPAN
>(3)</SPAN
>,
<SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>getaddrinfo</SPAN
>(3)</SPAN
>,
<SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
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>RFC2133</SPAN
></SPAN
>.</P
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