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