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swab(3)

swap adjacent bytes

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.

The argument len must be an even number. If len is less than zero, nothing will be done.

SEE ALSO

bzero(3), memset(3)

HISTORY

A swab() function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

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