SWAB
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: April 13, 1993
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NAME
swab - swap adjacent bytes
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
void swab(const void *from, void *to, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The swab() function copies n bytes from the array pointed
to by from to the array pointed to by to, exchanging
adjacent even and odd bytes. This function is used to exchange data
between machines that have different low/high byte ordering.
RETURN VALUE
The swab() function returns no value.
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
bstring(3)
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