swab — swap adjacent bytes
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE #include <unistd.h>
void
swab( |
const void * | from, |
| void * | to, | |
| ssize_t | n); |
The swab() function copies
n bytes from the
array pointed to by from to the array pointed to by
to, exchanging
adjacent even and odd bytes. This function is used to
exchange data between machines that have different low/high
byte ordering.
This function does nothing when n is negative. When n is positive and odd, it
handles n−1
bytes as above, and does something unspecified with the last
byte. (In other words, n should be even.)
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