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NAME
       gai_strerror - print suitable error string

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       char * gai_strerror(int ecode);

DESCRIPTION
       lwres_gai_strerror() returns an error message
       corresponding to an error code returned by getaddrinfo().
       The following error codes and their meaning are defined in
       include/lwres/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_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_SERVICE
              servname not supported for ai_socktype

       EAI_SOCKTYPE
              ai_socktype not supported

       EAI_SYSTEM
              system error returned in errno The message invalid
              error code is returned if ecode is out of range.

       ai_flags, ai_family and ai_socktype are elements of the
       struct addrinfo used by lwres_getaddrinfo().

SEE ALSO
       strerror(3), lwres_getaddrinfo(3), getaddrinfo(3),
       RFC2133().



BIND9                      Jun 30, 2000     LWRES_GAI_STRERROR(3)