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diff --git a/man3/swab.3 b/man3/swab.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 73c840f..0000000 --- a/man3/swab.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" References consulted: -.\" Linux libc source code -.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) -.\" 386BSD man pages -.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:52:15 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Modified 2001-12-15, aeb -.TH swab 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -swab \- swap adjacent bytes -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.BR "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" -.B #include <unistd.h> -.P -.BI "void swab(const void " from "[restrict ." n "], void " to "[restrict ." n ], -.BI " ssize_t " n ); -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -The -.BR swab () -function copies -.I n -bytes from the array pointed -to by -.I from -to the array pointed to by -.IR to , -exchanging -adjacent even and odd bytes. -This function is used to exchange data -between machines that have different low/high byte ordering. -.P -This function does nothing when -.I n -is negative. -When -.I n -is positive and odd, it handles -.I n\-1 -bytes -as above, and does something unspecified with the last byte. -(In other words, -.I n -should be even.) -.SH RETURN VALUE -The -.BR swab () -function returns no value. -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR swab () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe -.TE -.SH STANDARDS -POSIX.1-2008. -.SH HISTORY -POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR bstring (3) |