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GAI_STRERROR(3P)          POSIX Programmer's Manual         GAI_STRERROR(3P)
       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.
       gai_strerror — address and name information error description
       #include <netdb.h>
       const char *gai_strerror(int ecode);
       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_NONAME]
       [EAI_BADFLAGS]   [EAI_OVERFLOW]
       [EAI_FAIL]       [EAI_SERVICE]
       [EAI_FAMILY]     [EAI_SOCKTYPE]
       [EAI_MEMORY]     [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.
       Upon successful completion, gai_strerror() shall return a pointer to
       an implementation-defined string.
       No errors are defined.
       The following sections are informative.
       None.
       None.
       None.
       None.
       freeaddrinfo(3p)
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, netdb.h(0p)
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
       Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
       applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
       the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
       Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are
       most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the
       source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
IEEE/The Open Group                 2013                    GAI_STRERROR(3P)
Pages that refer to this page: netdb.h(0p), freeaddrinfo(3p), getnameinfo(3p)