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# inappropriateIOCTLForDevice

Inappropriate control function.

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

## Discussion

You attempted a control function
that can’t be performed on the specified file or device.
For information about control functions, see `ioctl(2)`.

The corresponding C error is `ENOTTY`.

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