NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     swab -- swap adjacent bytes

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

     void
     swab(const void * restrict src, void * restrict 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 an even number.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     bzero(3), memset(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

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


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