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32 | .\" @(#)swab.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 |
33 | .\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/swab.3,v 1.7 2002/08/30 21:18:39 robert Exp $ | |
e9ce8d39 | 34 | .\" |
5b2abdfb | 35 | .Dd June 4, 1993 |
224c7076 | 36 | .Dt SWAB 3 |
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37 | .Os |
38 | .Sh NAME | |
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39 | .Nm swab |
40 | .Nd swap adjacent bytes | |
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41 | .Sh LIBRARY |
42 | .Lb libc | |
43 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
5b2abdfb | 44 | .In unistd.h |
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45 | .Ft void |
46 | .Fo swab | |
47 | .Fa "const void *restrict src" | |
48 | .Fa "void *restrict dest" | |
49 | .Fa "ssize_t nbytes" | |
50 | .Fc | |
e9ce8d39 | 51 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
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52 | The function |
53 | .Fn swab | |
54 | copies | |
55 | .Fa nbytes | |
56 | bytes from the location referenced by | |
57 | .Fa src | |
58 | to the location referenced by | |
59 | .Fa dest , | |
60 | swapping adjacent bytes. | |
61 | .Pp | |
62 | The argument | |
63 | .Fa nbytes | |
64 | must be an even number. | |
65 | .Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS | |
66 | .Fd #include <string.h> | |
67 | .Pp | |
68 | .Ft void | |
69 | .br | |
70 | .Fo swab | |
71 | .Fa "const void *restrict src" | |
72 | .Fa "void *restrict dest" | |
73 | .Fa "size_t nbytes" | |
74 | .Fc ; | |
75 | .Pp | |
76 | The include file | |
77 | .In string.h | |
78 | is necessary for this function. | |
79 | The type of | |
80 | .Fa nbytes | |
81 | has changed. | |
82 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
83 | .Xr bzero 3 , | |
84 | .Xr memset 3 , | |
85 | .Xr compat 5 | |
e9ce8d39 | 86 | .Sh HISTORY |
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88 | .Fn swab |
89 | function appeared in | |
90 | .At v7 . |