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GAI_STRERROR(3) Library Functions Manual GAI_STRERROR(3)

gai_strerrorget error message string from EAI_xxx error code

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netdb.h>

const char *
gai_strerror(int ecode);

The () 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>:

temporary failure in name resolution
invalid value for ai_flags
invalid value for hints
non-recoverable failure in name resolution
ai_family not supported
memory allocation failure
hostname or servname not provided, or not known
argument buffer overflow
resolved protocol is unknown
servname not supported for ai_socktype
ai_socktype not supported
system error returned in errno

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.

getaddrinfo(3), getnameinfo(3)

May 21, 2006 FreeBSD-12.0