ares_strerror(3)

ares_strerror3

Get the description of an ares library error code

Usage

#include <ares.h>
const char *ares_strerror(int code)

Overview

The ares_strerror function gets the description of the ares library error code code, returning the result as a NUL-terminated C string.

Notes

This function is not compatible with ares, it takes a different set of arguments.

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.0–6.0
  2. 7–12
  3. 13–Arch

From c-ares 1.34.9-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.