LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)		     BIND9		 LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)



NAME
       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 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
       ("ISC")
       Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Internet Software Consortium.



BIND9				 Jun 30, 2000		 LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)

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