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31 .TH SWAB 3 2021-03-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
33 swab \- swap adjacent bytes
36 .BR "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
37 .B #include <unistd.h>
39 .BI "void swab(const void *restrict " from ", void *restrict " to \
47 bytes from the array pointed
50 to the array pointed to by
53 adjacent even and odd bytes.
54 This function is used to exchange data
55 between machines that have different low/high byte ordering.
57 This function does nothing when
62 is positive and odd, it handles
65 as above, and does something unspecified with the last byte.
72 function returns no value.
74 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
82 Interface Attribute Value
85 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
91 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.