gai_strerror() - output text for the error code of getaddrinfo()

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#include <netdb.h>

Kernighan-Ritchie-C:
char* gai_strerror(ecode);


int ecode;


ANSI-C:
char* gai_strerror(int ecode);

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Description

The gai_strerror() function outputs an explanatory text string for an error code defined in <netdb.h>. The ecode parameter specifies an error code defined in <netdb.h>.

Return value

gai_strerror() returns a pointer to the string containing the explanatory text. If the value for ecode does not match any of the error codes for getaddrinfo() defined in <netdb.h>, the return value is a pointer to a string indicating an unknown error.