/*++ /* NAME /* dns_strerror 3 /* SUMMARY /* name service lookup error code to string /* SYNOPSIS /* #include /* /* const char *dns_strerror(code) /* int code; /* DESCRIPTION /* dns_strerror() maps a name service lookup error to printable string. /* The result is for read-only purposes, and unknown codes share a /* common string buffer. /* LICENSE /* .ad /* .fi /* The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. /* AUTHOR(S) /* Wietse Venema /* IBM T.J. Watson Research /* P.O. Box 704 /* Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA /*--*/ /* System library. */ #include #include /* Utility library. */ #include /* DNS library. */ #include "dns.h" /* * Mapping from error code to printable string. The herror() routine does * something similar, but has output only to the stderr stream. */ struct dns_error_map { unsigned error; const char *text; }; static struct dns_error_map dns_error_map[] = { HOST_NOT_FOUND, "Host not found", TRY_AGAIN, "Host not found, try again", NO_RECOVERY, "Non-recoverable error", NO_DATA, "Host found but no data record of requested type", }; /* dns_strerror - map resolver error code to printable string */ const char *dns_strerror(unsigned error) { static VSTRING *unknown = 0; unsigned i; for (i = 0; i < sizeof(dns_error_map) / sizeof(dns_error_map[0]); i++) if (dns_error_map[i].error == error) return (dns_error_map[i].text); if (unknown == 0) unknown = vstring_alloc(sizeof("Unknown error XXXXXX")); vstring_sprintf(unknown, "Unknown error %u", error); return (vstring_str(unknown)); }