@comment The start of a comment is indicated by the following comment. This
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@comment function herror

@node herror, resolver
@findex herror

@c This file was originally a Linux man page - see the copyright below. It
@c was modified for use in libsocket by Richard Dawe <richdawe@bigfoot.com>.

@c Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
@c
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@c Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
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@c References consulted:
@c     Linux libc source code
@c     Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
@c     386BSD man pages
@c Modified Sat May 22 18:43:54 1993, David Metcalfe
@c Modified Sun Jul 25 10:42:30 1993, Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
@c Modified Sun Feb 16 13:23:10 1997, Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
@c

@subheading Syntax

@example
#include <netdb.h>

extern int h_errno;

void herror (const char *s);
@end example

@subheading Description

The @code{herror()} function prints the error message associated with the
current value of @code{h_errno} on stderr.  The values for @var{h_errno}
are described with @code{gethostbyname()} (@pxref{gethostbyname}).

@subheading Return Values

None

@subheading Portability

@portability !unix98

While the @code{herror()} function is not portable to Unix98, the
@var{h_errno} variable is.

@subheading Example

@example
@end example