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GETBYTEORDER(3)         NetBSD Library Functions Manual        GETBYTEORDER(3)


NAME

     getbyteorder -- get the current byte order


LIBRARY

     System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <util.h>
     #include <sys/endian.h>

     int
     getbyteorder(void);


DESCRIPTION

     getbyteorder() returns LITTLE_ENDIAN, BIG_ENDIAN, or -1 in case of an
     error, setting the global errno variable.  The possible values for errno
     are the same as in sysctl(3).


SEE ALSO

     sysctl(3)


HISTORY

     The getbyteorder() function call appeared in NetBSD 7.0.

NetBSD 9.1                        May 1, 2013                       NetBSD 9.1