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2.1 KiB
Groff
65 lines
2.1 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)swab.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd December 10, 2004
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.Dt SWAB 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm swab
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.Nd swap adjacent bytes
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In unistd.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn swab "const void * restrict src" "void * restrict dst" "ssize_t len"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The function
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.Fn swab
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copies
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.Fa len
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bytes from the location referenced by
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.Fa src
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to the location referenced by
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.Fa dst ,
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swapping adjacent bytes.
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.Pp
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The argument
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.Fa len
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must be an even number.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr bzero 3 ,
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.Xr memset 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn swab
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function appeared in
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.At v7 .
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