This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface

       None.

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for  Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical  and  Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original
       IEEE  and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document.
       The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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IEEE/The Open Group                                   2017                                  GAI_STRERROR(3POSIX)

       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_NONAME][EAI_BADFLAGS][EAI_OVERFLOW][EAI_FAIL][EAI_SERVICE][EAI_FAMILY][EAI_SOCKTYPE][EAI_MEMORY][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.

       No errors are defined.

       Thefollowingsectionsareinformative.

       None.

       None.

       gai_strerror — address and name information error description

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface
       may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface
       may not be implemented on Linux.

       None.

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

freeaddrinfo()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <netdb.h>

       #include <netdb.h>

       const char *gai_strerror(int ecode);