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.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt SWAB 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm swab
.Nd swap adjacent bytes
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In string.h
.Ft void
.Fn swab "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The function
.Fn swab
copies
.Fa len
bytes from the location referenced by
.Fa src
to the location referenced by
.Fa dst ,
swapping adjacent bytes.
.Pp
The argument
.Fa len
must be an even number.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bzero 3 ,
.Xr memset 3
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Fn swab
function appeared in
.At v7 .
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	26	.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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5b2abdfb A	32	.\" @(#)swab.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
5b2abdfb A	33	.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/swab.3,v 1.6 2001/10/01 16:09:00 ru Exp $
e9ce8d39	34	.\"
5b2abdfb A	35	.Dd June 4, 1993
5b2abdfb A	36	.Dt SWAB 3
e9ce8d39 A	37	.Os
e9ce8d39 A	38	.Sh NAME
5b2abdfb A	39	.Nm swab
5b2abdfb A	40	.Nd swap adjacent bytes
e9ce8d39 A	41	.Sh LIBRARY
	42	.Lb libc
	43	.Sh SYNOPSIS
5b2abdfb A	44	.In string.h
	45	.Ft void
	46	.Fn swab "const void src" "void dst" "size_t len"
e9ce8d39	47	.Sh DESCRIPTION
5b2abdfb A	48	The function
	49	.Fn swab
	50	copies
e9ce8d39	51	.Fa len
5b2abdfb A	52	bytes from the location referenced by
	53	.Fa src
	54	to the location referenced by
	55	.Fa dst ,
	56	swapping adjacent bytes.
	57	.Pp
	58	The argument
e9ce8d39	59	.Fa len
5b2abdfb	60	must be an even number.
e9ce8d39	61	.Sh SEE ALSO
5b2abdfb A	62	.Xr bzero 3 ,
5b2abdfb A	63	.Xr memset 3
e9ce8d39	64	.Sh HISTORY
5b2abdfb A	65	A
	66	.Fn swab
	67	function appeared in
	68	.At v7 .