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# badFileDescriptor

Bad file descriptor.

```
static var badFileDescriptor: Errno { get }
```

## Discussion

A file descriptor argument was out of range,
referred to no open file,
or a read (write) request was made to a file
that was only open for writing (reading).

The corresponding C error is `EBADF`.

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