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SWAB(3)                   OpenBSD Programmer's Manual                  SWAB(3)

NAME
     swab - swap adjacent bytes



SYNOPSIS
     #include <unistd.h>

     void
     swab(const void *src, void *dst, size_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 even number.

SEE ALSO
     bzero(3),  memset(3)

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

OpenBSD 2.6                       May 1, 1991                                1

Source: OpenBSD 2.6 man pages. Copyright: Portions are copyrighted by BERKELEY
SOFTWARE DESIGN, INC., The Regents of the University of California, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD Inc., and others.



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