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5.44 swab—swap adjacent bytes

Synopsis 

     #include <unistd.h>
     void swab(const void *in, void *out, ssize_t n);

Description
This function copies n bytes from the memory region pointed to by in to the memory region pointed to by out, exchanging adjacent even and odd bytes.
Portability
swab requires no supporting OS subroutines.