gai_strerror() -- address and name information error description

SYNOPSIS

#include <netdb.h>

const char *gai_strerror(int ecode);

DESCRIPTION

The gai_strerror() function returns a descriptive string corresponding to the specified error value (ecode) from getaddrinfo() or getnameinfo().

The error value can be one of the following:

EAI_AGAIN
EAI_BADFLAGS
EAI_FAIL
EAI_FAMILY
EAI_MEMORY
EAI_NONAME
EAI_OVERFLOW
EAI_SERVICE
EAI_SOCKTYPE
EAI_SYSTEM

When the specified error code is not one of these, gai_strerror() returns a string indentifying the code as an unknown error.

PARAMETERS

ecode: Specifies an error code from getaddrinfo() or getnameinfo() for which a corresponding descriptive string is to be returned.

For valid error codes, gai_strerror() returns a pointer to the text string that describes that code. For other error codes, it returns a pointer to a string identifying the code as an unknown error.

CONFORMANCE

UNIX 03.

MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL

MT-Safe.

PORTING ISSUES

None.

AVAILABILITY

PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers 64-Bit Edition
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition

gai_strerror()
address and name information error description

Function