ares_strerror.3

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.TH ARES_STRERROR 3 "25 July 1998"
.SH NAME
ares_strerror \- Get the description of an ares library error code
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <ares.h>
.PP
.B const char *ares_strerror(int \fIcode\fP)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B ares_strerror
function gets the description of the ares library error code
.IR code ,
returning the result as a NUL-terminated C string.
.SH NOTES
This function is not compatible with ares, it takes a different set of
arguments.
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
.br
Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.