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swab(3)

NAME

swab − swap bytes

SYNTAX

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

DESCRIPTION

The swab subroutine 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 PDP11s and other machines.  The nbytes should be even. 

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