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gai_strerror(3)
NAME
  gai_strerror - Prints an error message string based on a return code from
  the getaddrinfo routine

LIBRARY
  Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS
  #include <netdb.h>

  char *gai_strerror(
	  int *ecode);

PARAMETERS
  ecode	    Points to a network host name or alias.

DESCRIPTION
  The gai_strerror() routine returns a pointer to a string that describes the
  error based on an EAI_xxx value returned by the getaddrinfo routine.

RETURN VALUES
  Upon successful completion, the getaddrinfo() routine returns a pointer to
  a string describing the error.  If the ecode parameter is not a valid
  EAI_xxx value, the routine returns a pointer to a string that indicates an
  unknown error.

RELATED INFORMATION
  Functions: endhostent(3), freeaddrinfo(3), getaddrinfo(3),
  getipnodebyaddr(3), sethostent(3).

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