SWAB

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: May 15, 1985
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NAME

swab - swap bytes

SYNOPSIS

swab(from, to, nbytes)
char *from, *to;

DESCRIPTION

Swab copies nbytes bytes pointed to by from to the position pointed to by to, exchanging adjacent even and odd bytes. It is useful for carrying binary data between PDP11's and other machines. Nbytes should be even.

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