Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Programming Manual

Appendix D DNS Error Numbers and Error
Lists
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This appendix lists all the error numbers defined by DNS and describes the meaning
of each. It also gives the format of the error lists.
Formats of Error Lists In this appendix, the term STANDARD DNS ERROR LIST refers to an error list with
the following format:
[ZSPI-TKN-ERRLIST]
[ZSPI-TKN-ERROR] Error number in canonical form
[ZSPI-TKN-PARM-ERR] Token code, index, and offset of the
erroneous field
[ZDNS-TKN-ERRTYPE] Format of the field in error
[ZDNS-TKN-ERRLEN] Length of the erroneous field, in bytes
[ZSPI-TKN-ENDLIST]
Also, the term DNS NAME ERROR LIST refers to an error list with the following
format:
[ZSPI-TKN-ERRLIST]
[ZSPI-TKN-ERROR] Error number in canonical form
[ZDNS-TKN-ERRTYPE] Format of the name in ZDNS-TKN-OBJNAME
[ZDNS-TKN-OBJNAME] Name in error
[ZSPI-TKN-ENDLIST]
Finally, the term SIMPLE ERROR LIST refers to an error list containing only
ZSPI-TKN-ERROR.