sgetl, sputl

Purpose

     Accesses  long  numeric  data  in  a  machine-independent
     fashion.

Library

     Object File Access Routine Library (libld.a)

Syntax

     long sgetl (buffer)                       void sputl (value, buffer)
     char *buffer;                             long value;
                                               char *buffer;
     Description

     The  sgetl  subroutine  retrieves  4  bytes  from  memory
     starting at the location pointed  to by the buffer param-
     eter.  It then returns the bytes as a long value with the
     byte ordering of the host machine.

     The  sputl subroutine  stores the  4 bytes  of the  value
     parameter into memory starting at the location pointed to
     by the buffer  parameter.  The order of the  bytes is the
     same across all machines.

     Using  sputl and  sgetl subroutines  together provides  a
     machine-independent way  of storing long numeric  data in
     an ASCII file.   For example, the numeric  data stored in
     the  portable archive  file format  is accessed  with the
     sputl and sgetl subroutines.

     Related Information

     In this book:  "frexp, ldexp, modf" and "ar."