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 nodename 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 nodename
- 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
The gai_strerror() function 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.