gethostsex(3) [osf1 man page]

gethostsex(3)						     Library Functions Manual						     gethostsex(3)

NAME

       gethostsex - get the byte sex of the host machine

LIBRARY

       The  gethostsex()  function  has moved from the standard C library to the libmld.a library.  Programs that need to use gethostsex() must be
       linked with the -lmld flag.

SYNOPSIS

       int gethostsex()

DESCRIPTION

       The gethostsex function returns one of two constants BIGENDIAN or LITTLEENDIAN for the sex of the host machine.	 These	constants  are	in
       sex.h.  delim off

																     gethostsex(3)

swapsex(3)						     Library Functions Manual							swapsex(3)

Name
       swap_word,  swap_half, swap_filehdr, swap_aouthdr, swap_scnhdr, swap_hdr, swap_fd, swap_fi, swap_sym, swap_ext, swap_pd, swap_dn, swap_opt,
       swap_aux, swap_reloc, swap_ranlib - swap the sex of the specified structure

Syntax
       #include <sex.h>
       #include <filehdr.h>
       #include <aouthdr.h>
       #include <scnhdr.h>
       #include <sym.h>
       #include <symconst.h>
       #include <cmplrs/stsupport.h>
       #include <reloc.h>
       #include <ar.h>

       long swap_word( word )
       long word;

       short swap_half( half )
       short half;

       void swap_filehdr( pfilehdr, destsex )
       FILHDR *pfilehdr;
       long destsex;

       void swap_aouthdr( paouthdr, destsex )
       AOUTHDR *paouthdr;
       long destsex;

       void swap_scnhdr( pscnhdr, destsex )
       SCNHDR *pscnhdr;
       long destsex;

       void swap_hdr( phdr, destsex )
       pHDRR phdr;
       long destsex;

       void swap_fd( pfd, count, destsex )
       pFDR pfd;
       long count;
       long destsex;

       void swap_fi( pfi, count, destsex )
       pFIT pfi;
       long count;
       long destsex;

       void swap_sym( psym, count, destsex )
       pSYMR psym;
       long count;
       long destsex;

       void swap_ext( pext, count, destsex )
       pEXTR pext;
       long count;
       long destsex;

       void swap_pd( ppd, count, destsex )
       pPDR ppd;
       long count;
       long destsex;

       void swap_dn( pdn, count, destsex )
       pRNDXR pdn;
       long count;
       long destsex;

       void swap_opt( popt, count, destsex )
       pOPTR popt;
       long count;
       long destsex;

       void swap_aux( paux, type, destsex )
       pAUXU paux;
       long type;
       long destsex;

       void swap_reloc( preloc, count, destsex )
       struct reloc *preloc;
       long count;
       long destsex;

       void swap_ranlib( pranlib, count, destsex )
       struct ranlib *pranlib;
       long count;
       long destsex;

Description
       All routines that swap headers take a pointer to a header structure to change the byte's sex. The destsex argument lets	the  swapsex  rou-
       tines decide whether to swap bitfields before or after swapping the words in which they occur. If destsex equals the hostsex of the machine
       you are running on, the flip happens before the swap; otherwise, the flip happens after the swap.  Although not all  routines  swap  struc-
       tures containing bitfields, the destsex is required.

       The  routine  takes  a  pointer to an aux entry and a type, which is a ST_AUX_* constant in cmplrs/stsupport.h.	The constant specifies the
       type of the aux entry to change the sex of.  All other routines are passed a pointer to an array of structures and a count of structures to
       have  the  byte	sex  changed.	The  routines and are macros declared in sex.h.  Only the include files that describe the structures being
       swapped have to be included.

See Also
       gethostsex(3)

								       RISC								swapsex(3)