GAI_STRERROR(3)

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)