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5b2abdfb 28.\" @(#)swab.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
1f2f436a 29.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/swab.3,v 1.10 2007/01/09 00:28:12 imp Exp $
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ad3c9f2a 31.Dd February 24, 2010
5b2abdfb 32.Dt SWAB 3
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33.Os
34.Sh NAME
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35.Nm swab
36.Nd swap adjacent bytes
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37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libc
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
1f2f436a 40.In unistd.h
5b2abdfb 41.Ft void
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42.Fo swab
43.Fa "const void *restrict src"
44.Fa "void *restrict dest"
45.Fa "ssize_t nbytes"
46.Fc
e9ce8d39 47.Sh DESCRIPTION
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48The function
49.Fn swab
50copies
ad3c9f2a 51.Fa nbytes
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52bytes from the location referenced by
53.Fa src
54to the location referenced by
ad3c9f2a 55.Fa dest ,
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56swapping adjacent bytes.
57.Pp
58The argument
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59.Fa nbytes
60should be an even number. If
61.Fa nbytes
62is odd,
63.Fn swab
64copies and exchanges
65.Fa nbytes
66-1 bytes and the disposition of the last byte is unspecified.
67If copying takes place between objects that overlap,
68the behavior is undefined. If
69.Fa nbytes
70is negative,
71.Fn swab
72does nothing.
e9ce8d39 73.Sh SEE ALSO
5b2abdfb 74.Xr bzero 3 ,
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75.Xr memset 3 ,
76.Xr compat 5
e9ce8d39 77.Sh HISTORY
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78A
79.Fn swab
80function appeared in
81.At v7 .