NAME
gai_strerror —
get error message string
from EAI_xxx error code
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
gai_strerror() returns a pointer to the error message string
corresponding to
ecode. If
ecode
is out of range, an implementation-specific error message string is returned.
SEE ALSO
getaddrinfo(3),
getnameinfo(3)