ultrix man page for swab

swab(3) 						     Library Functions Manual							   swab(3)

Name
       swab - swap bytes

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

Description
       The subroutine copies nbytes bytes pointed to by from to the position pointed to by to, exchanging adjacent even and odd bytes.	It is use-
       ful for carrying binary data between machines.  The nbytes should be even.

																	   swab(3)