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26 <date>Jun 30, 2000</date>
30 <refentrytitle>lwres_hstrerror</refentrytitle>
31 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
32 <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
39 <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
44 <holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>
49 <refname>lwres_herror</refname>
50 <refname>lwres_hstrerror</refname>
51 <refpurpose>lightweight resolver error message generation</refpurpose>
55 <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <lwres/netdb.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
59 <function>lwres_herror</function></funcdef>
60 <paramdef>const char *s</paramdef>
65 <function>lwres_hstrerror</function></funcdef>
66 <paramdef>int err</paramdef>
72 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
75 <function>lwres_herror()</function> prints the string
76 <parameter>s</parameter> on <type>stderr</type> followed by the string
77 generated by <function>lwres_hstrerror()</function> for the error code
78 stored in the global variable <constant>lwres_h_errno</constant>.
82 <function>lwres_hstrerror()</function> returns an appropriate string
83 for the error code gievn by <parameter>err</parameter>. The values of
84 the error codes and messages are as follows:
87 <varlistentry><term><errorcode>NETDB_SUCCESS</errorcode></term>
90 <errorname>Resolver Error 0 (no error)</errorname>
91 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
92 <varlistentry><term><errorcode>HOST_NOT_FOUND</errorcode></term>
95 <errorname>Unknown host</errorname>
96 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
97 <varlistentry><term><errorcode>TRY_AGAIN</errorcode></term>
100 <errorname>Host name lookup failure</errorname>
101 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
102 <varlistentry><term><errorcode>NO_RECOVERY</errorcode></term>
105 <errorname>Unknown server error</errorname>
106 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
107 <varlistentry><term><errorcode>NO_DATA</errorcode></term>
110 <errorname>No address associated with name</errorname>
111 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
117 <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
119 The string <errorname>Unknown resolver error</errorname> is returned by
120 <function>lwres_hstrerror()</function>
122 <constant>lwres_h_errno</constant>
123 is not a valid error code.
127 <title>SEE ALSO</title>
130 <refentrytitle>herror</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
134 <refentrytitle>lwres_hstrerror</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>