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+.TH SWAB 3 "4 July 1999" GNO "Library Functions"
+.SH NAME
+.BR swab
+\- swap adjacent bytes
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+#include <string.h>
+.sp 1
+void \fBswab\fR (const void *\fIsrc\fR, void *\fIdst\fR, size_t \fIlen\fR);
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The function
+.BR swab
+copies
+.IR len
+bytes from the location referenced by
+.IR src
+to the location referenced by
+.IR dst ,
+swapping adjacent bytes.
+.PP
+The argument
+.IR len
+must be even number.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR bzero (3),
+.BR memset (3)
+.SH HISTORY
+A
+.BR swab
+function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.