gai_strerror man page on SunOS

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gai_strerror(3XNEX/Open Networking Services Library Functiogai_strerror(3XNET)

NAME
       gai_strerror - address and name information error description

SYNOPSIS
       cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lxnet [ library ... ]
       #include <netdb.h>

       const char *gai_strerror(int ecode);

DESCRIPTION
       The  gai_strerror()  function returns a text string describing an error
       value  for  the	getaddrinfo(3XNET)  and	 getnameinfo(3XNET)  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_SERVICE

       EAI_SOCKTYPE

       EAI_SYSTEM

       the function return value points to a string describing the  error.  If
       the argument is not one of those values, the function returns a pointer
       to a string whose contents indicate an unknown error.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful completion,  gai_strerror()  returns  a	pointer	 to  a
       string describing the error value.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability	     │Standard			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │MT-Level		     │MT-Safe			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       getaddrinfo(3XNET), getnameinfo(3XNET), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10			  1 Dec 2003		   gai_strerror(3XNET)

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