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SWAB(3) 	      DragonFly 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. The argument len must be an even number.

SEE ALSO

bzero(3), memset(3)

HISTORY

A swab() function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. DragonFly 3.5 December 10, 2004 DragonFly 3.5