s Specifies the socket descriptor of the requested network device. request Specifies the type of ioctl command to be performed on the device. The request types are grouped as follows: o Socket operations o File operations o Interface operations o ARP cache operations o Routing table operations Refer to IOCTL Requests for a complete list of supported IOCTL commands. arg Specifies arguments for this request. The type of arg is dependent on the specific ioctl() request and device to which the ioctl() call is targeted.