GAI_STRERROR
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2017
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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
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or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
gai_strerror
--- address and name information error description
SYNOPSIS
#include <netdb.h>
const char *gai_strerror(int ecode);
DESCRIPTION
The
gai_strerror()
function shall return a text string describing an error value for the
getaddrinfo()
and
getnameinfo()
functions listed in the
<netdb.h>
header.
When the
ecode
argument is one of the following values listed in the
<netdb.h>
header:
[EAI_AGAIN]
[EAI_BADFLAGS]
[EAI_FAIL]
[EAI_FAMILY]
[EAI_MEMORY]
|
[EAI_NONAME]
[EAI_OVERFLOW]
[EAI_SERVICE]
[EAI_SOCKTYPE]
[EAI_SYSTEM]
|
the function return value shall point to a string describing the error.
If the argument is not one of those values, the function shall return a
pointer to a string whose contents indicate an unknown error.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion,
gai_strerror()
shall return a pointer to an implementation-defined string.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
freeaddrinfo()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017,
<netdb.h>
COPYRIGHT
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from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
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