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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>gai_strerror — print suitable error string</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
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<pre class="funcsynopsisinfo">#include <lwres/netdb.h></pre>
<p><code class="funcdef">
char *
<b class="fsfunc">gai_strerror</b>(</code>int ecode<code>)</code>;</p>
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<a name="id2549408"></a><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
<code class="filename">include/lwres/netdb.h</code>.
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<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_ADDRFAMILY</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
address family for hostname not supported
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_AGAIN</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
temporary failure in name resolution
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_BADFLAGS</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
invalid value for
<code class="constant">ai_flags</code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_FAIL</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
non-recoverable failure in name resolution
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_FAMILY</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
<code class="constant">ai_family</code> not supported
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_MEMORY</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
memory allocation failure
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_NODATA</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
no address associated with hostname
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_NONAME</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
hostname or servname not provided, or not known
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_SERVICE</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
servname not supported for <code class="constant">ai_socktype</code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_SOCKTYPE</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
<code class="constant">ai_socktype</code> not supported
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">EAI_SYSTEM</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
system error returned in errno
</p></dd>
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The message <span class="errorname">invalid error code</span> is returned if
<em class="parameter"><code>ecode</code></em>
is out of range.
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<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>.
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<a name="id2549605"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p>
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">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 class="refentrytitle">RFC2133</span></span>.
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