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cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lxnet [ library ... ] #include <netdb.h> const char *gai_strerror(int ecode);
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:
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.
Upon successful completion, gai_strerror() returns a pointer to a string describing the error value.
No errors are defined.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE |
ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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Interface Stability |
Standard |
MT-Level |
MT-Safe |
Name | Synopsis | Description | Return Values | Errors | Attributes | See Also