gai_strerror

Synopsis

#include <netdb.h>

const char *gai_strerror(int ecode);

Status

Partially implemented

Conformance

IEEE Std 1003.1-2017

Description

The purpose is to address and name information error description. 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_BADFLAGS
  • EAI_FAIL
  • EAI_FAMILY
  • EAI_MEMORY
  • EAI_NONAME
  • EAI_OVERFLOW
  • EAI_SERVICE
  • EAI_SOCKTYPE
  • 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.

Return value

Upon successful completion, gai_strerror() shall return a pointer to an implementation-defined string.

Errors

No errors are defined.

Tests

Untested

Known bugs

None

See Also

  1. Standard library functions
  2. Table of Contents