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SWAB(3)                 NetBSD Library Functions Manual                SWAB(3)


NAME

     swab -- swap adjacent bytes


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>

     void
     swab(const void * restrict src, void * restrict dst, ssize_t len);


DESCRIPTION

     The function swab() copies len bytes from the location referenced by src
     to the location referenced by dst, swapping adjacent bytes.

     If len is negative or zero, swab() does nothing.  If len is odd, swab()
     copies len - 1 bytes and the disposition of the last byte is unspecified.


SEE ALSO

     bzero(3), memset(3)


STANDARDS

     The swab() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').


HISTORY

     A swab() function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.  It was originally
     documented to be ``useful for carrying binary data between PDP11's and
     other machines''.

     In NetBSD 6.0 the type of len was changed from size_t to ssize_t for
     POSIX compliance.

NetBSD 6.1.3                    April 30, 2010                    NetBSD 6.1.3