NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     swab - swap adjacent bytes

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <unistd.h>

     void
     swab(const void *src, void *dst, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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 even number.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     bzero(3), memset(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

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

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD