2007-06-18
ISC Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
lwres_hstrerror 3 BIND9
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lwres_herror lwres_hstrerror lightweight resolver error message generation

    #include <lwres/netdb.h>

void `lwres_herror` const char *s const char * `lwres_hstrerror` int err

## DESCRIPTION

`lwres_herror()` prints the string s on stderr followed by the string generated by `lwres_hstrerror()` for the error code stored in the global variable `lwres_h_errno`.

`lwres_hstrerror()` returns an appropriate string for the error code gievn by err. The values of the error codes and messages are as follows:

NETDB_SUCCESS

  Resolver Error 0 (no error)

HOST_NOT_FOUND

  Unknown host

TRY_AGAIN

  Host name lookup failure

NO_RECOVERY

  Unknown server error

NO_DATA

  No address associated with name

## RETURN VALUES

The string Unknown resolver error is returned by `lwres_hstrerror()` when the value of `lwres_h_errno` is not a valid error code.

## SEE ALSO

herror 3 , lwres_hstrerror 3 .