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This patch imports the unmodified current version of NetBSD libc. The NetBSD includes are in /nbsd_include, while the libc code itself is split between lib/nbsd_libc and common/lib/libc.
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93 lines
2.6 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" from: @(#)swab.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $NetBSD: swab.3,v 1.15 2010/04/30 03:52:13 jruoho Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd April 30, 2010
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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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If
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.Fa len
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is negative or zero,
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.Fn swab
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does nothing.
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If
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.Fa len
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is odd,
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.Fn swab
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copies
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.Fa len - 1
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bytes and the disposition of the last byte is unspecified.
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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 STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn swab
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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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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It was originally documented to be
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.Dq useful for carrying binary data between PDP11's and other machines .
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.Pp
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In
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.Nx 6.0
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the type of
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.Fa len
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was changed from
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.Vt size_t
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to
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.Vt ssize_t
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for
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.Tn POSIX
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compliance.
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