gai_strerror3p
Address and name information error description
Usage
#include <netdb.h>
const char *gai_strerror(int ecode);
Prolog
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
Overview
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.