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# staleNFSFileHandle

Stale NFS file handle.

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

## Discussion

You attempted access an open file on an NFS file system,
which is now unavailable as referenced by the given file descriptor.
This may indicate that the file was deleted on the NFS server
or that some other catastrophic event occurred.

The corresponding C error is `ESTALE`.

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