## Name

lwres_herror, lwres_hstrerror — lightweight resolver error message generation

## Synopsis

    #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).