NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       swab - swap adjacent bytes

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <unistd.h>

       void swab(const void *from, void *to, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       The swab() function returns no value.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       SVID 3, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       bstring(3)



GNU				  1993-04-13			       SWAB(3)